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  • Essay / Burma-Thailand relations and Muslim immigrants

    According to the UN, Rohingya Muslims are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Due to clashes/conflicts between Muslim and Buddhist militants and poor economic conditions in Burma, many have fled the country, especially Rohingya Muslims located mainly around the conflict zones. Neighboring Thailand acts as an idealized "sanctuary" for displaced refugees, although in reality other abuses and exploitations occur across the border due to the incompatibility of these stateless people with strict refugee policies. immigration and border. These offer neither protection nor social services to economically and socially disadvantaged migrants (are we talking about NGOs?). As a result, underhanded human trafficking and smuggling across the Myanmar-Thailand border have continued to increase, with human rights violations becoming a cause for concern. Thai and Burmese/Myanmar authorities acted in direct violation of international law by aiding and abetting traffickers involved in Thailand's illegal sex industry (profiteering) and treating Rohingya Muslims inhumanely (detention). The economic interests of transnational middlemen drive consensual and non-consensual smuggling practices from Burma to Thailand, while immigration laws, government corruption, and humanitarian (NGO) failures exacerbate the problem rather than making it worse. solve. Relations between Burma and Thailand, mainly economic and commercial. related, provide the basis for transnational intermediaries to engage in human commerce, especially with their constant movements between the two nations. These intermediaries are very mobile and transgress the values ​​of loyalty and nationality, which poses a problem of accountability, because it is very difficult to find them. The...... middle of paper ......e under accusations of money laundering, bribery and non-enforcement of refugee policies. Furthermore, families have been divided due to the separation of men, women and children in immigration centers, awaiting repatriation or deportation, which is also the reason why many migrants flee these shelters and risk once again being victims of trafficking. These actions contribute to the endless cycle of exile and persecution. However, there is a positive side to this dark cloud, which lies in international cooperation, which requires a collective effort from the international community. In December 2013, a nascent agreement between the Burmese government and Walk Free, an Australian NGO, envisaged that the Burmese government would target private sector trafficking by working with local businesses, which would force companies to examine their own supply chains..