{"id":621,"date":"2025-08-13T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:39:30","slug":"risks-during-movements-by-sea-or-land","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/risks-during-movements-by-sea-or-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Risks during Movements by Sea or Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Legal Consequences of Irregular Movements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Travelling outside your township or crossing international borders without or with forged travel documents are criminal offenses under Myanmar law. The offenders may face imprisonment under the following acts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Offenders travelling <strong>within Myanmar<\/strong> without or with counterfeit documents may be prosecuted by up to two years imprisonment under the Myanmar Residents Registration Act (1949).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offenders <strong>crossing an international border<\/strong> without or with counterfeit documents may be prosecuted by up to five years imprisonment under the Immigration (Emergency Provisions) Act (1947).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UNHCR assistance to individuals prosecuted for irregular movements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR provides humanitarian assistance to persons who have been arrested or otherwise face challenges in relation to movements within, to and from Myanmar. Depending on the location, needs and availability of resources, UNHCR and its trusted partners can provide legal representation and essential items to detainees. Decisions to release individuals from detention are taken by the relevant authorities in Myanmar. If you or someone you know is in need of support or if you have any questions regarding the risks during movement within Myanmar or across international borders, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/contact-us\/\">please contact UNHCR<\/a>. Please find below <strong>some key points to consider before and during movement by sea or land.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cce3f2\">Important: All UNHCR services and assistance are free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Consequences of Irregular Movements Travelling outside your township or crossing international borders without or with forged travel documents are criminal offenses under Myanmar law. The offenders may face imprisonment under the following acts: UNHCR assistance to individuals prosecuted for irregular movements UNHCR provides humanitarian assistance to persons who have been arrested or otherwise face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":508,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-621","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/myanmar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}