CHILDREN'S LIFE OPPORTUNITIES IN EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN THAILAND : The case study of Thai Hilltribe Children
In June 2000, the Thai Ministry of Interior, announced that 120,000 hilltribe children were stateless in Thailand, even though they were entitled to citizenship. This was just the 'tip of the iceberg' of a greater problem, which affects approximately half a million people, and the society as a whole. More hilltribe children are making a livelihood from drug dealing, prostitution, and stree