MMC Asia and the Pacific 4Mi Snapshot – March 2024 - Understanding information sources and gaps among Rohingya in Thailand

• Friends and family in the diaspora were the primary source of information before (70%) and during the journey (67%); they were also perceived as the most reliable information source among respondents (68%). [...] 1 The low percentage of refugees or asylum seekers in the sample could be attributed to the locations of most respondents who were interviewed in towns near the border with Myanmar. [...] before and during your journey? For those who obtained information about their journeys, friends and family in the Friends / family 70%in another diaspora and country of departure were crucial sources both prior to departure and en country 67% route, indicating the importance of personal social networks for information dissemination 39% (see Figure 2). [...] However, despite became a more important information source during the journey to Thailand as reported the high proportion of respondents with access to a smartphone, relatively few accessed above, only 7% of respondents reported them as the most reliable source of information. [...] information via social media or messaging apps (36% before and 23% during the journey) Interestingly, 12% of women reported smugglers as the most reliable source of information, and websites (2% before and none during the journey).