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Fear and Sanctuary : Burmese Refugees in Thailand / Hazel J. Lang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501719363
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.89580593
LOC classification:
  • HV640.5.B5L36 2002
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Fear and Sanctuary -- Chapter 2. Burma: History, Ethnicity, and Civil War -- Chapter 3. War and Civilian Displacement -- Chapter 4. Sanctuary in Thailand -- Chapter 5. The Mon Refugees in Thailand, 1990-1996 -- Chapter 6. Refugees and the Border -- Chapter 7. Asylum in Bangkok -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Appendix. Acronyms -- Bibliography
Summary: An examination of the plight of the refugees of Burma's protracted civil war, many of whom have fled across the border into Thailand. This study looks at the changing nature of the refugee situation and the responses of the parties involved, including the United Nations, the refugees themselves, and governments in both Bangkok and Rangoon. In the process, Fear and Sanctuary addresses pertinent international questions regarding civil war, ethnic resistance against an oppressive state, displacement, and refugee protection.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501719363

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Fear and Sanctuary -- Chapter 2. Burma: History, Ethnicity, and Civil War -- Chapter 3. War and Civilian Displacement -- Chapter 4. Sanctuary in Thailand -- Chapter 5. The Mon Refugees in Thailand, 1990-1996 -- Chapter 6. Refugees and the Border -- Chapter 7. Asylum in Bangkok -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Appendix. Acronyms -- Bibliography

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An examination of the plight of the refugees of Burma's protracted civil war, many of whom have fled across the border into Thailand. This study looks at the changing nature of the refugee situation and the responses of the parties involved, including the United Nations, the refugees themselves, and governments in both Bangkok and Rangoon. In the process, Fear and Sanctuary addresses pertinent international questions regarding civil war, ethnic resistance against an oppressive state, displacement, and refugee protection.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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