TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION; CERIFICATE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; ABBREVIATIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II.PROBLEMS IN MYANMAR; A. Historical context; B. Current Political Crisis and Democratic Movement; C. Question of Ethnic Minorities; D. Human Rights Record and Displacement; III. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN MYANMAR ; IV. MYANMARESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND ; A. In Camps; B. Outside Camps; V. PROFLIE OF MYANMARESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND; A. Students; B. Ethnic Group; C. Women; D. Children; VI. THAI POLICY TOWARDS MYNMARESE REFUGEES; A. Classification of People from Myanmar; VII. POLICY ANALYSIS OF THAILAND; A. The coherence of Thai Policy with Human Rights and Refugee Standards; B. The coherence of Implemented Policy with Human Rights and Refugee Standards; C. Thailand's Compliance with Human Rights and Refugee Standards; VIII. ROLE OF UNHCR IN THAILAND; A. First Legal Assistance Centre for Myanmarese Refugees; B. Provincial Admission Awards; IX. PROTECTION ISSUES FOR THE REFUGEES; A. Repatriation Rhetoric, Forced Deportation and Internal Flight Alternative; B. Trafficking of Myanmarese Women and Children; X. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX.