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The report is based on the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children’s May 2008 visit to the Thailand-Burma border. The purpose of the assessment was to look at the educational needs of young people from Burma living in refugee camps in Thailand - what education and job training programmes are available, what appears to be working and what more is needed to help young people make the transition from education programmes into jobs or self-employment. Living in Limbo highlights how refugee youth have few opportunities to continue their studies or to put into practice what they have learned, and as a result, are becoming increasingly frustrated and despondent about their futures. The report includes recommendations for the Thai government, donors, UN agencies, NGOs and local communities to support displaced youth to become more self-reliant. While the focus of the research was on young people from Burma living in refugee camps, the recommendations in this report may be appropriate for migrant workers and other displaced groups living in Thailand as well as in other protracted refugee situations around the world.