Myanmar (Burma)
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
79000
Immigrant Population
0.1%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
4320000
Emigrant Population
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Governments Increasingly Restrict Citizenship
Governments narrowed who can gain or keep citizenship, from Dominican-born Haitians to terrorism suspects, often with limited evidence of security gains.
Irregular Maritime Migration in the Bay of Bengal: The Challenges of Protection, Management, and Cooperation
The surge in irregular crossings of the Bay of Bengal in 2015 exposed regional protection failures, as statelessness, smuggling, and non-interference blocked effective coordinated response.
Exploitation of Migrant Workers in Asia
Gulf and Southeast Asian labor systems left millions of migrant workers vulnerable to debt, abuse, and only tentative reforms in 2014.
The Opening of Burmese Borders: Impacts on Migration
Burma's 2011 political opening has done little to stem labor migration to Thailand.
