Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Persons from Myanmar: Royal Thai Government Policy and Donor, INGO, NGO and UN Agency Delivery

247 Pages·2014·5.3 MB·English

by  Premjai Vungsiriphisal

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Premjai Vungsiriphisal
Dares Chusri
Supang Chantavanich Editors
Humanitarian
Assistance
for Displaced Persons
from Myanmar
Royal Thai Government
Policy and Donor, INGO,
NGO and UN Agency
Delivery
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Humanitarian Assistance
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Royal Thai Government Policy and Donor,
INGO, NGO and UN Agency Delivery
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Editors
Premjai Vungsiriphisal
Dares Chusri
SupangChantavanich
Asian Research Center forMigration
ChulalongkornUniversity
Bangkok
Thailand
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Acknowledgments
The research team for Part I of this analysis of Royal Thai Government Policy
towards displaced persons from Myanmar wishes to thank the displaced persons
whoresideintheninetemporarysheltersinThailand.Despitethefactthattheyare
livingwithanuncertainfutureandlittlehopeofreturntotheirhomeland,theystill
show their spirit and tolerance to visitors, including several visits of the research
teams of this project. We hope this study may bring some changes to their lives.
Without them, this research is meaningless. Our gratitude also goes to district
officers and territorial defence security corps in the study areas, officers of the
Royal Thai Government, especially the Operating Centre for Displaced Persons,
Foreign Affairs Division to the Interior and Provincial Administration Office,
Ministry of Interior, Office of National Security Council, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Border Affairs Department, Office of the Supreme Commander, for their
everlasting support in our inquiries. Also, we would like to express our appre-
ciation to all staff of the humanitarian organisations working in the shelters for
their spirit and hard work under limitations.
Further, we have to thank the United Nations Development Programme and
European Union for their support to make this research possible, and our thanks
alsogotoDr.SupangChantavanichforherdecisiontoundertakethisproject,and
the staff of the Asian Research Centre for Migration for their support for this
research.
TheresearchteamforPartIIwishestoacknowledgetheinputsprovidedbykey
informants,includingdisplacedpersonsandlocalauthoritiesfromThamHin,Mae
La and Ban Mai Nai Soi shelters, the Thai Ministry of Interior, various NGOs,
WHO, EU and Bangkok-based Embassies including those of Australia, Belgium,
Canada,Denmark,TheNetherlands,NewZealand,Norway,Switzerland,UKand
USA.
TheresearchteamwouldliketothanktheAsianResearchCentreforMigration,
specifically Prof. Dr. Supang Chantavanich, the Director, for providing the
opportunity for our team to engage in this project. The research team also is
thankfultotheEuropeanUnionandtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme
for their management and technical support of this study.
The Co-editors would like to thank the Springer Briefs in Environment,
Security,DevelopmentandPeace,theLanguageEditorGrahamBennett,thebook
Series and Copy Editor PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, to Dr. Johanna Schwarz,
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The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not
necessarily reflect the official position of UNDP or the other organisations men-
tioned in this report.
Bangkok, August 2013 Premjai Vungsiriphisal
Dares Chusri
Supang Chantavanich
Contents
Part I Analysis of the Royal Thai Government Policy Towards
Displaced Persons from Myanmar
1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Graham Bennett, Chanarat Poomkacha,
Waranya Jitpong and Kamonwan Reungsamran
2 Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Graham Bennett, Chanarat Poomkacha,
Waranya Jitpong and Kamonwan Reungsamran
3 RTG Policy Towards Displaced Persons from Myanmar:
Development and Current Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Graham Bennett, Chanarat Poomkacha,
Waranya Jitpong and Kamonwan Reungsamran
4 RTG Policy and the Needs of the Displaced Persons . . . . . . . . . . 53
Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Graham Bennett, Chanarat Poomkacha,
Waranya Jitpong and Kamonwan Reungsamran
5 Solutions and Policy Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Graham Bennett, Chanarat Poomkacha,
Waranya Jitpong and Kamonwan Reungsamran
6 Conclusions and Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Graham Bennett, Chanarat Poomkacha,
Waranya Jitpong and Kamonwan Reungsamran
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Part II Analysis of the Royal Thai Government Policy and of Donor,
INGO/NGO and UN Agency Delivery of Humanitarian
Assistance for Displaced Persons from Myanmar
7 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
8 Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
9 Funding Policy, Project Implementation Strategies
and Cooperation Strategies with the RTG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
10 The Dynamics, Needs and Constraints of Stakeholders . . . . . . . . 145
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
11 The Impacts of Existing Intervention Mechanisms, Including
Gender-Related Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
12 The Limitations and Constraints on Effective
Intervention Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
13 Conclusions and Recommandations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Dares Chusri, Tarina Rubin, Ma. Esmeralda Silva, Jason D. Theede,
Sunanta Wongchalee and Patcharin Chansawang
Appendix A: Context of Study Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Appendix B: List of Key Informants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Appendix C: Displaced Person Status Determination Procedure . . . . . 195
Appendix D: Detailed Descriptions of Study Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Appendix E: Details of Interviewees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Appendix F: Displaced Person Respondent Characteristics. . . . . . . . . 205
Appendix G: Key Informants Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Appendix H: Questionnaire for Sustainable Solutions to the Displaced
People Situation Along the Thai–Myanmar Border . . . . 217
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chulalongkorn University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
The Institute of Asian Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Asian Research Center for Migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
About the Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
About the Other Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
About this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245