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About 33 Myanmar migrant workers yesterday lodged a complaint with the Labour Ministry, saying their employer had taken away their passports and held them until their visas expired.

BANGKOK: About 120,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand may return home within a year, the kingdom's National Security Council said on Thursday, following recent talks between the two nations.

Thailand’s policies governing refugees on its soil are making them vulnerable to arbitrary and abusive treatment despite the country’s decades of experience as host for millions of refugees, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Thursday.

Tens of thousands of people, many from the Shan and Karen ethnic minorities who have fled war, are housed in camps along Thailand's border, but the end of outright military rule in Myanmar has raised hopes they will return.

CHAING MAI, THAILAND — Millions of Burmese migrant workers have long sought economic opportunity abroad, but their life in exile frequently means working outside the law, in risky or dangerous jobs.

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The brain drain of skilled labour to neighbouring countries when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) begins in 2015 will likely hinder growth in the Thai auto parts industry, says the leading trade group.

CHIANG MAI – A South Korean has been arrested for allegedly smuggling young Koreans into Thailand and then forcing them to work for his online gambling business, reports said.