Legal Study on the Population Change in Myanmar
Author(s)
Khin Kyi Tun , Pyae Phyo Hlaing , Khin Thandar Soe , Pa Pa Win , Nyein Nwet Nwet Aung , Pyay Soe San ,
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Abstract
There are two reasons on the conditions of Myanmar population change. It depended on the migration and 1982 Myanmar Citizenship Law. Many intellectuals and experts in Myanmar have been moved and settled in other countries. Resettling of those people into Myanmar is mainly subject to the Myanmar Citizenship Law. Therefore, this article provided a historical account of successive Citizenship Law in Myanmar which has acquired and lost the rights of citizenship. In addition, this article presented two points of view that are derived from the special matter: (a) a number of persons in Myanmar have acquired citizenship in other countries; and then (b) Myanmar citizenship law attacked the rights of citizens which would resettle to Myanmar. Finally, it concluded the need to explore the consequences of the value of citizenship in the matters of the Myanmar population change.
Keywords
Migration; Myanmar Citizenship Law; Value of Citizenship; Population Change; Resettlement
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