Cross-border

With Thailand serving as a main receiving country for migrants in Southeast Asia who face threats to human rights and human security in their home countries, PEF has implemented projects to address problems of such groups living in Thailand and to cultivate positive relationships between migrant and local Thai communities. In addition to a focus on migrant issues, this program area includes cross-border peace initiatives to foster positive relationships among border communities.

Activities

  • Khmer-Thai People's Reconciliation activities (website here).
  • Humanitarian assistance and advocacy for Rohingya and Khmer Krom refugees
  • Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR) workshops for Burmese migrant workers and Thai labor leaders (through partnership with the Foundation for Education and Development)
  • Thai-Cambodia civil society dialogue on the Preah Vihear Temple dispute (2008)

 

Title Type
PEOPLE'S DHAMMAYIETRA (Peace Walk) FOR FRIENDSHIP AND HARMONY BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND News
2010 Annual Report News
Local Thais and Cambodians want peace back at Preah Vihear News
Khmer-Thai people's reconciliation event slideshow News
Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia News
Rohingya ‘pushed out to sea’ by Thais Links
ILO: Thailand’s Discrimination Against Migrant Workers Breaches International Law Links