CNI News
20 November 2024
As Donald Trump was elected in the US presidential election and the new US government led by Donald Trump will come to power, Myanmar people who are making preparations to leave for third country might find it difficult, pointed out political commentators and those who are performing the issue of workers.
Trump had said foreign aids of the US, migration and refugee cases would be strictly tackled since the campaign period.
Moreover, because he promised that about one million undocumented migrant foreigners would be sent back, Myanmar people who will move to third country might find it more difficult, U Than Soe Naing, a political commentator told CNI News.
" Because of Trump's policy that blocks those who enter the US as migrant people, it will be more difficult for those who are making preparations to leave for the US as a third country. Democrats heartily welcomed the cases regarding foreigners who will enter the US while Trump imposed the law that will block the visas for refugees or migrant people. So, it might be more difficult for them who will enter the US, I think." he said.
While the UNHCR was providing aids to Myanmar refugees
However, as Trump had not formed a government yet, what policy would be laid down would be watched, director of the Thayninga Institute for Strategy Studies U Thein Tun Oo told CNI News.
If Trump carried out his campaign promise, it would be worrisome for Myanmar migrant people, he added.
" According to the facts Trump said, it'll be more difficult for those who have arrived in the US and those who are making preparations to enter the US, I think. As the individuals Trump has selected as cabinet members are hard on migrant people, it will be worrisome a bit for migrants, I think." said U Thein Tun Oo.
Most Myanmar people who are making preparations to take refuge in a third country are in Thailand and Malaysia and Myanmar Muslims in Malaysia, Myanmar ethnic people who fled battles in Thailand.
They are trying to enable them to migrate in third countries in western countries including the US.
While seeing Myanmar refugees
If the Trump government came to power, although attempts by those who were preparing to take refuge in third countries were unstoppable, they might be delayed, director of the Arakan Workers Organization, Ko Naing Aung Aung told CNI News.
" When he came to power for the first time, he said so. But the process will exist. But it might be delayed. It depends on attempts by those who are preparing to take in refuge or their performance. It is important how much he pays attention to the issue. There are two groups who are trying to take refuge in third countries. One is in Thailand and they fled battles after the coup d'état in Myanmar, staying in the refugee camps. The other is in Malaysia. The grants paid to them might decrease." he said.
The number of refugees who are seeking to enable them to take refuge is 776, 500 in 2025 and 94 percent of them are from Myanmar and Afghanistan, according to a report by the UNHCR.
