• RandAlThorOPM
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    8 days ago

    Out of curiousity I searched for the number of Burmese students in UK. What I found was the most recent data in 2023 says there were 17,000 Burmese students studying overseas. Most of them were in Thailand and Singapore. Some less than 2000 were in US. UK would be less than half that I would guess. Given the expense to send students to study in UK these are likely the children of the military junta, cronies and the children of the top officials of the various militias and their cronies, and not the ordinary or average Burmese. In that sense, I am not displeased their grift-enriched lives are slightly inconvenienced.