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Burmese migrants in
Thailand are ‘less favored victims.'
In Thailand, more than 100,000 Burmese migrants, most of whom left
their homeland to get away from desperate poverty and political
repression, were working in the tourist industry when the tsunami
struck. Htoo Chit of UUSC partner organization Grassroots Human
Rights Education and Development Committee of Burma, wrote a
diary and compiled stories from Burmese migrants. They told of how
they are not receiving aid from
Thailand
programs and in fact are being harassed and threatened with
deportation. For more, visit Burmese
tsunami victims neglected, abused in Thailand. For firsthand
accounts of Burmese survivors, visit
Stories of
destruction, harassment from Burmese migrants in Thailand.
In
southern India women struggle to regain livelihoods
UUSC program partner Forum for Women's Rights and Development (FORWORD),
based in Tamil Nadu,
India,
is providing humanitarian assistance to survivors in the region
covering 15 affect coastal areas of southern India. These areas have
been determined to be among the most neglected in terms of receiving
relief assistance. FORWORD is working with women in five relief
camps to provide training in alternative economic skills, as well as
counseling for trauma victims. For firsthand accounts of the
devastating impact of the tsunami, visit
In their own words: Stories of tsunami survivors
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