Youth Exodus: - Forced Migration of Youths from Southern Thailand Towards Malaysia

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Youth Exodus: - Forced Migration of Youths from Southern Thailand Towards Malaysia

5 Nov 2021

It should be noted that sia, the effect of the escalation of violence over the women are also affected, and different strategies and past 20 years on the community, and identify strengths intervention programmes are required to address their and challenges that are meaningful from the perspec- issues because of the multiple roles they are more tive of the community itself. [...] the insurgency, starting with the respective Thaksin and The chart below measures the poverty rate in the Southern Thai as highest in the region as of 2017 with the two poor- est provinces being Pattani and Narathiwat, neighbouring provinces in the conflict-affected Southern region with poverty rates of 34.2% and 34.17% respectively. [...] However, the peace dialogue The reactivation and escalation of the conflict in 2004 process between the Thai government and the MARA have mostly been blamed on the southern insurgents. [...] Among the most significant effects of the outflow of Deploying 60,000 security forces in the Southern prov- youths, in particular young men leaving the Deep inces and the implementation of special security laws – South, is the gender imbalance arising in villages, as the Martial law and Emergency decree. [...] However, for this report, the focus of the violence is the Two events that altered the dynamics of the Deep re-emergence and escalation of violence after the 2004 South conflict for the last one decade was the Tak Bai incident, how it has affected the local community espe- massacre that occurred in October 2004 (Human Rights cially the deficit in trust and hope as well as pushed Watch, 2014).
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