Defining ‘forced migration’ in Burma

Most Burmese people fleeing their homes do so for a combination of reasons. The root causes for leaving, however,determine which ‘category’ they belong to: ‘internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) or ‘economic migrants’. There issome discussion as to whether people leaving their homes due to exhaustion...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ashley South, Andrew Bosson
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: University of Oxford 2008-01-01
Series:Forced Migration Review
Online Access:http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR30/16.pdf