Myanmar: Demolition of Riverside Squats Leaves Families Homeless

Jun 5, 2014 | Democratic Voice of Burma
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Local authorities have demolished 50 huts belonging to squatters on the banks of the Irrawaddy in Mandalay Division.

The villagers had been forced onto higher ground by rising floodwaters, where they constructed the makeshift dwellings on a stretch of farmland in Kyanikan village.

Local authorities deemed the squats illegal and attempted to provide an alternative for the villagers. However that option was not satisfactory, as the land that they were moved to was already occupied.