News and Updates

Irrawaddy reports that Ninety-three Myanmar refugees from five camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border returned to their homes on Monday through a voluntary repatriation program facilitated by the UNHCR, and the Thai and Myanmar governments.

This report covers the period January to December 2017 and outlines TBC’s progress based on the organisation’s Strategic Directions for Thailand and Burma/Myanmar 2017–2019. TBC’s programmes reached more than 195,000 men, women, and children—about 97,0001 in nine refugee camps in Thailand, and 98,000 in 191 villages in southeast Burma/Myanmar.

The Conservation Alliance of Tanawthari assess alternative visions of forest conservation, customary tenure and land restitution for displaced communities in a new report launched in February 2018.

Donors and diplomats joined TBC’s board of directors, member organisations and senior staff between 13th and 16th November 2017 to reflect on contextual and programmatic trends during a series of meeting in Mae Sot and an exposure visit to Mae La refugee camp.

September 2017 was the third month of the full roll-out for the Food Card system in Tham Hin and Nu Po camps. The e-voucher system enables refugees to purchase food in accredited camp stores run mainly by refugee vendors.