Life in the Border: The Forgotten IDPs in Southern Shan State Refugees It is just an uphill-muddy trail glued to the border with Thailand. But thousands of ethnic Shan call it home since they were evicted at gunpoint from their villages in northeastern Myanmar over two decades ago. And as the war in the country’s ethnic regions flares up and peace talks between the government and non-state armed groups collapse, their protracted displacement is quietly becoming a permanent one. By Jordi Calvet
