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By SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Democracy Network<\/p>\n
\nSince the coup d’état led by General Min Aung Hlaing in February 2021, many have been displaced within Myanmar and across borders. Hostilities and armed conflict have forced a considerable number of people to flee. According to the UN, in a year and half at least 986,000 people have been newly displaced internally, adding to the 370,000 who had previously left their homes. An additional 47,200 are estimated to have crossed over to neighboring countries or settled along the border.
\nThe photo exhibition "Endless Escape: Fleeing Myanmar to Thailand” captures the cross-over into Thailand and the settling along the 1500 km porous borders at times when fighting and airstrikes became particularly intense such as in December 2021 and March 2022. Few photos also show Mae La, the largest refugee camp of the nine along the Thai-Myanmar border that was established in 1984 to remind us of the “endless escape” of Myanmar people. The exhibition features the photos by Aung Naing Soe, Visual Rebellion, Yan Naing Aung and Zin Koko; and is curated by Lattapol Jirapathomsakul and Rosalia Sciortino.<\/p>\n