<p>Thailand’s civil society groups are urging the government not to evict poor farmers and urban communities as mega development projects forge ahead.</p> <p>The Four Regions Slum Network (FRSN) and People’s Movement for Just Society (P-Move), advocacy groups for marginalised communities in Thailand, along with hundreds of supporters, submitted a joint statement to ML Panadda Diskul, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office and to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security on Monday morning, 5 October 2015, World Habitat Day.</p>

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ad34ef6e-552f-a634-0d1e-d16cff8803e2">A civil society organisation for the poor rejected the junta’s subsidised state housing project, saying that the project is not compatible with the livelihoods of the urban poor. &nbsp;</span></p>