Myanmar migrants living along the Thailand-Myanmar border

Experiences related to pandemic and migration decisions

Bibliographic Data

ID13136111
AuthorsWei-Ti Chen (0000-0002-2342-045X, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Cheng‐Shi Shiu (0000-0003-3121-4389, University of California, Los Angeles), Rachel Arbing (0000-0002-2010-8188, University of California, Los Angeles), Khin Moe Myint (Chiang Mai University), Khine Myint Oo (Chiang Mai University), Shu-Sheng Lai, David Tanoko (University of California, Los Angeles), Sarah Oung (University of California, Los Angeles), Poy Yamada (0000-0001-5924-6177, Santa Monica College), Saiyud Moolphate (0000-0001-5712-5996, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University), Thin Nyein Nyein Aung (0000-0002-8030-8026, Chiang Mai University), Myo Nyein Aung (0000-0001-8175-6309, Juntendo University)
Year2024
Volume10
Pages100259-100259
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Migration and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2666-6235 • E-ISSN: 2666-6235
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100259
PMID39211311
OpenAlexW4401015168
LanguageEN
References cited30

This study presented the difficulties experienced by Myanmar migrants currently living along the Thailand-Myanmar border. The reasons for leaving Myanmar included health and safety. Suspending education during the pandemic caused more school dropouts due to teenage pregnancy/marriage. Additionally, behavioral changes in children, a diminished quality of education, barriers to receiving COVID-19 vaccines and access to other health care services were reported. Future studies should focus on how migration stress and access to mental health care impact the migrant population

Burmese · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Geography · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unrest · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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