1. Introduction
   
   
2. New Thai Policies toward Burmese Refugees and Migrants
   
   Broadening of Resettlement Opportunities
   Suspension of New Refugee Admissions
   The “Urban” Refugees
   Crackdown on Burmese Migrants
   Forging Friendship with Rangoon
   History of Burmese Refugees in Thailand
   
   
3. Expulsion to Burma
   
   Informal Deportees Dropped at the Border
   The Holding Center at Myawaddy
   Into the Hands of the SPDC
   Profile: One of the Unlucky Ones—Former Child Soldier Deported to Burma
   Increasing Pressure on Migrants
   
   
4. Protection Issues for Urban Refugees
   
   Impacts of the Move to the Camps
   Profile: Karen Former Combatant
   Suspension of Refugee Status Determination
   Security Issues for Refugees in Bangkok
   
   
5. Attempts to Silence Activist Refugees
   
   
6. New Visa Rules: Screening Out the “Troublemakers”
   
   
7. Conclusion
   
   
8. Recommendations
   
   To the Royal Thai Government
   To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
   To Donor Governments
   To the Burmese Authorities
   
   
   
9. Appendix A: Timeline of Arrests and Intimidation of Burmese Activists in 2003 (3 page pdf file)
   
   
10. Appendix B: Timeline of Harrassments of NGOs in 2003 (2 page pdf file)
    
    
11. Appendix C: Timeline of Arrests and Harrassment of Burmese Migrant Workers in 2003 (2 page pdf file)
    
    

February 2004

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