The northeastern Cambodian land crisis has led some to drop out of school

Indigenous and non-governmental organizations find that land disputes between citizens and economic conglomerates in northeastern provinces have a detrimental effect on Children's education, which leads them to drop out of school. Some Indigenous Peoples Disadvantaged, Loyal and Some More Migrants, Urging Their Children to Drop School To help family work and earn income.
Indigenous people living in Preah Vihear, Kratie and Stung Treng provinces claim that the disregard for land disputes by the authorities and the Delays in pursuit of legal justice will put the children and youth out of school. Additionally, the loss of shelter by the Hengfu Chinese Economic Holding Company, which has cleared land grabs, is also More burdens cause them to lose income and become poor, losers are forced to migrate for jobs .
Kieu ethnic minority residents live in Moumoum Prey II commune, Chheb district, Preah Vihear province, asking not to be named on April 5 that children Very few have the opportunity to continue to primary school and a large number have dropped out of primary school. He says that the land dispute with Chinese economic conglomerates is a major cause of the loss of the lives of many children and their families. Dependence of economic livelihoods is shrinking and it takes resources to travel for justice from provincial and national authorities. While some of the authorities concerned do not care about the misery, they have led the villagers to become poor and forced to have children The grandchildren go to school to earn a living. He added that his village, now living surrounded by sugarcane plantations, is an additional constraint, forcing many children to shepherd Cattle are afraid of their animals eating sugarcane poison companies: "Some children are learning and some have not learned Silk because of lost local business because of Developing economic land concessions makes the poor earn income. Not finding a local wage, he lost his education. "
In early March 2018, people living in Sangkeo and Moum Prey communes were killed in more than 60 cows. More remain missing, affecting their livelihoods and jobs. In addition, some villagers have arrived at the deadly cul-de-spot, spotted some water and some water ponds in Chinese sugarcane plantations. There are toxic substances. Since the birth, some villagers forced the children to drop out of school to keep the buffalo alive. Fears that the company is poisoned.

Indigenous people living in Dheddong commune, Srok district, Kratie province, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that people have a land dispute at commune Two more than four hundred families in which children drop out of school for nearly every family because the authorities burn their houses and take away their land. They forced them to become poor Children drop out of school to work as a hired laborer to find a family income: "First, not to learn and second It burns home and does not learn. A lot of people think of the children leaving three hundred families. If the baby is gone, the children will be hired to feed the stomachThe General Secretariat of the Cambodian Alliance for the Indigenous Peoples, Mr. Loran observed that there are many reasons that children are more likely to drop out of school because of their livelihoods and their livelihoods. Developing along the Mekong River to evict people from their homes. He said that children in Kbal Romeas commune, Sesan district, Stung Treng province, 80 drop their studies because of their village becoming a reservoir of Sesan dam. Under two, a number of children were forced to enter the woods for livelihood because of lack of livelihood. He says that the loss of natural resources, where indigenous people are dependent, is bad for the indigenous economy Traditions and affects the study of children: "Most of the children in the affected communities can not learn because the father His mother was busy fighting and defending her land . Mostly, most villages face the challenge of not being able to study. We're worried that he's scattered, it's no longer a community of clusters that are exactly the same in the world map. Future. "
The commune chief, Mr. Thang Heng, said that land disputes between Chinese citizens and Chinese companies did not seriously affect the education of the children. He said commune authorities had assigned a commune councilor in charge of local education services to help educate and educate citizens to send their children Learn and advise villagers to find out about the value of a child's education: "There is a secondary school. The commune authority has assigned a member of the commune councils to work. "
Mr. Soveth, executive director of the Alliance for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ANSA), understands that if the children's learning is affected by a land dispute, To find the right way to solve land disputes so that citizens can secure their land. In addition, the right to education and the right to use land must be consistent, with the real and economic housing of the families of the people walking. The main role is to educate children to have equal learning opportunities. He said that many migrant domestic workers would cause more children to drop out of school, and that land disputes were the reason for the migration. District: "Look at the root of the problem, how to solve it? There is a need to find a means of communication between access to education and the right to land in parallel. Parents are still walking, and kids follow, making learning opportunities unattended for children. "
San Chey added that children drop out of school will have long-term impact on their society and their future, and those children will Facing the problem of drug trafficking and affecting the development of human resources for the benefit of the nation.