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Between 1977 and 2000, 25,229 Burmese immigrated to the United States, although the figure is inaccurate because it does not include Burmese who immigrated via other countries to the U.S. [16] A third wave of immigration, from 2006 to date, has been primarily of ethnic minorities in Myanmar, in particular Karen refugees from the Thai-Burmese ...
American people of Burmese descent (3 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Burmese diaspora in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Outside of Asia, there is also a significant diaspora in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Since the outbreak of Myanmar civil war in 2021, Japan has take a large role by taking Burmese refugees. The Burmese population in Japan went from 37,000 in 2021 to 56,000 in 2022 and is by June 2023 about 69,000.
In November 2017, over 9,000 Karen people gathered in Washington, D.C., to both thank the United States government for granting them settlement [10] and at the same time protest the Burmese government's treatment of the Karen and other minorities, especially the ongoing persecution of Rohingya people and the Trump-era policies on immigration. [11]
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Burmese ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The first Mizos to arrive in the United States was the family of Pu Darrikhuma from Champhai, which came in the 1960s to study theology. [9] During the 1990 and the 2000s, Mizo immigration to America skyrocketed. Most Mizos live in Indianapolis; Tulsa; and Washington, DC. [10] Most of them are Burmese Mizos.
In 2010, there were 2.8 million people (5 and older) who spoke a Chinese language at home; [97] after the English and Spanish languages, it is the third most common language in the United States. [97] Other sizeable Asian languages are Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hindi/Urdu, and Korean, with all four having more than 1 million speakers in the United ...
Burmese migrants also make up the largest expatriate group in China, numbering over 350,000. [2] Significant numbers also reside in United Kingdom, Japan followed by Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Ireland and the United States. Also included are many Anglo-Burmese, primarily in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada and the US.