What Factors Influence Thailand’s Approach To Refugees? – Analysis
By Fiona Raval
Thailand is looking at a new wave of refugees and asylum-seekers with the establishment of mandatory military service in Myanmar. The junta in Myanmar has recently activated the country’s conscription law, creating widespread panic and the possibility of an exodus. Those fleeing are likely to seek refuge in Thailand—Myanmar and Thailand share a long, largely non-demarcated and porous land border, and the latter has generally been a haven of choice for asylum-seekers since the 1980s. Читать дальше...