Abstract
Seng Bu & Maaike Matelski examine the Myanmar diaspora’s ‘long-distance activism’ in the Netherlands.
In February 2021, Myanmar’s latest military coup sparked a nationwide resistance movement known as the Spring Revolution. In its wake, thousands fled the country, including to the Netherlands, where an estimated 2,000 migrants from Myanmar now reside.
Far from home, these diaspora members feel a deep sense of responsibility to support people in Myanmar, engaging in a range of community-driven activities. It is within this context of political upheaval and diaspora activism that our research, conducted between April 2022 and September 2023, examined how this small but diverse community navigates generational and ethnic differences to keep their revolution alive. Here, we share insights from that study, which are also detailed in “Myanmar Diaspora’s Long-Distance Activism in the Netherlands after the 2021 Military Coup,” published in Ethnopolitics (2025).
In February 2021, Myanmar’s latest military coup sparked a nationwide resistance movement known as the Spring Revolution. In its wake, thousands fled the country, including to the Netherlands, where an estimated 2,000 migrants from Myanmar now reside.
Far from home, these diaspora members feel a deep sense of responsibility to support people in Myanmar, engaging in a range of community-driven activities. It is within this context of political upheaval and diaspora activism that our research, conducted between April 2022 and September 2023, examined how this small but diverse community navigates generational and ethnic differences to keep their revolution alive. Here, we share insights from that study, which are also detailed in “Myanmar Diaspora’s Long-Distance Activism in the Netherlands after the 2021 Military Coup,” published in Ethnopolitics (2025).
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Tea Circle Myanmar |
| Media of output | Online |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Dec 2025 |