Learning centers for Myanmar migrant children face crisis

As aid flows to their home country, those still in Thailand are being forgotten

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Ni Ni Aye, left, attends a Christmas party for children at the Skyblue Learning Center in Mae Sot, western Thailand, on Dec. 10. (Photo by Yasumasa Shimizu)

YASUMASA SHIMIZU, Nikkei staff writer

MAE SOT, Thailand -- Learning centers in Thailand for children of migrants from Myanmar, operated by volunteer groups and others, are facing a crisis.

An estimated 3 million migrants from Myanmar are living in Thailand, and learning centers have been established in various parts of the country for children whose parents cannot afford to send them to public schools. But the centers are facing difficulty surviving due to a plunge in international support for the migrants, accompanied by an increase in assistance to Myanmar under its newly established civilian government.

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