"...Burma is one of the largest sources of refugees in the world. Most people leaving Burma have been displaced through the cumulative impact of various policies such as forced labour; extortion, land confiscation, and forced agricultural practices. Family incomes and food resources have been driven down until household economies have collapsed completely and people are left with no options for survival. Simultaneously, there have been many pull factors that have attracted migration. The governments of the four major host countries this chapter will discuss later have often used this notion when arguing for minimal support for refugees, for restrictions on employment and movement, when defending their decision to close the registration of new asylum seekers, or when arguing against the opening of a resettlement programme..."