Myanmar to Thailand

• 1.9 million a year move from Myanmar to Thailand
• pull factor- less conflicts

  • More cultural acceptance
  • Accepted refuge - 83,000 refugees in December 2012
  • less violent attacks.
• Push factor- Labour migration

  • 1/3 lived below the poverty line
  • GDP is $1400
  • no minimum wage
  • Refuges forced into labour developments
• Pull factors- natural disasters

  • Better planning for natural disasters
  • stronger housing
• benefits to Thailand- Develops and industrialises as people come to do the low skilled jobs.
• Drawbacks to Thailand

  • could lead to conflict in Thailand- tension and racism
  • lose out economically - Money sent to Myanmar as remittances.
• Benefits to Myanmar

  • less conflict so it is a more stable nation
  • Remittances gained so the economy can develop.
• Drawbacks to Myanmar

  • Brain drain - more educated people move away
  • People wont go back to where they were persecuted
  • reduced skilled employees
  • word of mouth of the better quality of life in Thailand.