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When speaking about Shan refugees in Thailand it is impossible to leave out the migrants, legal, illegal, asylum seekers and last but not least the stateless without proper documentation from Shan State.
Ethnic peoples in Myanmar and Thailand have been working for two decades to keep the Salween River flowing freely.
On a sandy beach by the Salween River on the Thai-Myanmar border in March 2006, boats carrying Karen villagers and other ethnic groups such as Karenni, Yintalai and Shan from various areas in the Salween Basin are arriving to join an important yet simple ceremony.
River meetings – 'Nodi Boithoks' – empowered under-threat and overlooked river communities in Bangladesh. Now India is following suit
The UWSA is consolidating a new Wa state that will bring Chinese influence near Thailand and set a self-rule model for other ethnic rebels.