Myanmar: Land Confiscation Is Latest Barrier to Return for Myanmar’s Displaced

Mar 15, 2019 | Peter Yeung, News Deeply
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After being forced to flee Myanmar, Rohingya refugees face yet another threat to their livelihoods following a controversial amendment to Myanmar’s land-ownership law that came into effect this week. It will also affect Myanmar’s other ethnic minorities, many of whom have been displaced by decades of conflict – internally and across the border to Bangladesh, Thailand and India. In total, millions could lose access to their land.