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==Finding the Town of Origin in Myanmar (Burma)== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Myanmar (Burma), see [[Myanmar Finding Town of Origin|'''Myanmar Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==Myanmar (Burma) Emigration and Immigration== | |||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | |||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | |||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | |||
== Historical Background of Myanmar (Burma) == | == Historical Background of Myanmar (Burma) == | ||
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*In 1992, 250,000 '''Muslim refugees from Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state''' began arriving in '''Bangladesh''' claiming human rights abuses in Myanmar. Between 1994 and 1997, some 230,000 of these refugees returned home to Northern Rakhine state. | *In 1992, 250,000 '''Muslim refugees from Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state''' began arriving in '''Bangladesh''' claiming human rights abuses in Myanmar. Between 1994 and 1997, some 230,000 of these refugees returned home to Northern Rakhine state. | ||
*On 4 January 1948, the nation became an independent republic, under the terms of the '''Burma Independence Act 1947. The new country was named the Union of Burma.''' The country's official English name '''changed from the "Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma" to the "Union of Myanmar"''' on 18 June 1989 by enacting the adaptation of the expression law.<ref name="myan">"Myanmar", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar, accessed 27 July 2021.</ref> | *On 4 January 1948, the nation became an independent republic, under the terms of the '''Burma Independence Act 1947. The new country was named the Union of Burma.''' The country's official English name '''changed from the "Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma" to the "Union of Myanmar"''' on 18 June 1989 by enacting the adaptation of the expression law.<ref name="myan">"Myanmar", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar, accessed 27 July 2021.</ref> | ||
==Emigration From Myanmar (Burma)== | ==Emigration From Myanmar (Burma)== | ||
*There are over 600,000 '''registered migrant workers''' from Myanmar in Thailand, and millions more work illegally. Burmese citizens account for 80% of all migrant workers in Thailand.<ref name="myan"/> | *There are over 600,000 '''registered migrant workers''' from Myanmar in Thailand, and millions more work illegally. Burmese citizens account for 80% of all migrant workers in Thailand.<ref name="myan"/> | ||