Table of Contents:- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... FOREWORD... CHAPTER 1 CONFLICT: THE ROOT CAUSE OF DISPLACEMENT: 1.1 Ethnic diversity and protracted armed conflict; 1.2 Forced out of homes, internally displaced persons; 1.3 Forced out of the land: asylum seekers across the border... CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STUDY AREAS: 2.1 Mae La shelter, Tak province; 2.2 Ban Pang Kwai - Pang Tractor shelter, Mae Hong Son province; 2.3 Shan communities, Chiang Mai province... CHAPTER 3 LIFE OF CHILDREN BEFORE DISPLACEMENT: 3.1 Children in Kayin state; 3.2 Children in Kayah state; 3.3 Life of Children in Shan State; 3.4 Protection for children in Myanmar... CHAPTER 4 LIFE AS ASYLUM SEEKER: 4.1 Children in Mae La shelter; 4.2 Children in Mae Hong Son shelter; 4.3 Life of children outside the temporary shelter; 4.4 Protection of children in Thailand... CHAPTER 5 ARMED CONFLICT SITUATION: IMPACT ON CHILDREN: 5.1 Children from Kayin State; 5.2 Children in Karenni shelter; 5.3 Children in non-shelter area... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... RECOMMENDATIONS... REFERENCES.