Church leaders, politicians request Chin people not to migrate

Khonumthung News

28 May, 2009:



Church leaders and politicians in
Chin state, western Burma,
has requested the Chin people to stop migrating to third countries as refugees.



According to a local person from Falam Township,
a campaign was conducted regarding this matter among the Chin community,
earlier this month by Church leaders, politicians and elderly people of Chin State.



"Chin people are leaving
their home-town on a daily basis, so the population is decreasing year by year.
The bad thing is that teenagers cannot attend formal school as they have to
work in other countries for their livelihood. That is why I tell people not to
leave their own towns," a pastor of Falam town said.



In fact, the population of Chin State
has been decreasing annually, especially after 1989. A record shows that there
are two lakh Chin people residing in foreign countries during the past 20
years.



"Currently, our church
members are very few compared with last year. If one of our members die, there
are no workers for burial activities. Some are very lazy as they are getting
financial support from their relatives in foreign countries. They do not want
to work anymore. It will certainly have bad consequences for our future. Indeed
Chin people have no desire to settle in their home towns," he told
Khonumthung News.



Nowadays, most Chin people leave
for Malaysia, India and other countries like USA, Canada,
Norway, Denmark and Australia.



"There are about 4000 Chin
people in Malaysia.
The average of Chin people, who are entering Malaysia
are 10 persons per day," a Chin lady in Malaysia said.



There are 3000 Chin people in
Zokhawthar village on the Indo-Myanmar border area; they are from Chin State, Burma..



"Currently, there are about
700 houses in Zokhawthar village. Of these 500 houses are owned by Chin people.
Their population may be around 3000 and some are still coming from Chin state
and other parts of Burma.
After two years, the number of houses will easily reach one thousand," one
of the immigrants from the border area said.



The main reason for leaving their
home town and migrating to foreign countries is in order to escape and survive
from hardships, oppression and economic crisis in Burma.



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