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Thai raid on fishing operation frees dozens of enslaved migrants

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Thai authorities rescued more than 50 migrant workers, including eight Burmese nationals, who had been trafficked and were forced to work as slave labourers on fishing boats in Chonburi on Wednesday.

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Refugees Face Uncertain Future as Burma Opens

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand—Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Burma and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand.

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Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Mae La Refugee Camp, Thailand: Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others - ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighbouring Thailand.

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Burma Govt Suspends 12 Migrant Worker Agencies

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Burma’s Ministry of Labor has suspended 12 recruitment agencies because of alleged corruption and exploitation of migrant workers, The Myanmar Times reports.

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Buddhists, Muslims from Burma Brawl in Indonesia

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MEDAN, Indonesia—Buddhist and Muslim asylum seekers from Burma brawled with rocks and knives Friday at an immigration detention center in Indonesia, leaving eight combatants dead and another 15 injured, police said.

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Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand Protest Exploitation

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Several hundred Burmese migrant workers at a shrimp factory in Thailand are protesting what they say is exploitation by Burmese and Thai employment agencies.

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Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand Protest Exploitation

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Several hundred Burmese migrant workers at a shrimp factory in Thailand are protesting what they say is exploitation by Burmese and Thai employment agencies.

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Thailand Rescues Trafficked Burmese Fishermen

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

A total of 14 Burmese nationals who had been trafficked into Thailand’s fishing industry were rescued by the Thai authorities on Friday and Saturday of last week, bringing to 29 the total of those rescued so far this month.

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Ministry Drafts Foreign Worker Law

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Burma’s Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security is drafting a law for foreign workers, according to a report by Eleven Media.

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Burmese refugees forced to scavenge after camp blaze

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Rescue workers on Sunday ended the search for victims of a blaze that tore through a Burmese refugee camp in northern Thailand as destitute survivors scavenged for bamboo to build shelters.

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Thailand Rescues Trafficked Burmese Fishermen

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

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Myanmar drafting law for foreign workers, but locals say they are being short changed

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

A law to govern foreign labour is now being drafted because Myanmar has no clear policies to manage foreign workers, said Myo Aung, chief director of Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.

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Migrant workers get half pay, threatened and sacked by employer

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Burmese migrant workers from a garment factory in the Thai border town of Mae Sot were threatened and then sacked by their employer earlier this week over a salary dispute.

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10 Percent of Burmese Work Abroad: Migration Expert

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

RANGOON—A leading migrant rights activist said 10 percent of Burma’s labor force currently works abroad as laborers, adding that there is an urgent need to improve the Burmese government’s migration policies so that it can better regulate migrant labor and protect workers.

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Myanmar migrant workers become jobless while officially documented

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Many of Myanmar migrant workers with official documents in hand in Thailand are becoming jobless, suggesting that Thai companies preferred undocumented workers, Htoo Chit, founder and a senior advisor for Foundation for Education and Development (FED) said.

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10 per cent of Myanmar's population is migrant workers overseas

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Around 10 per cent of Myanmar's population are migrant workers in foreign countries mostly working as manual labor, according to an official from European Union.

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Foreign doctors will have to be registered

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The Myanmar Medical Council has recently issued an announcement for foreign doctors who want to practice in Myanmar.

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ASEAN recognizes certificates for Myanmar workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Myanmar’s Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security said they are working on providing skilled workers with certificates recognized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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Myanmar to send experienced labor officials to Jordan

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Four woman workers were wounded in a fight among Myanmar workers on March 2 after more than 1000 Myanmar workers staged protests at a garment factory owned by Century Miracle Apparel Mgf Co, Ltd.

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Myanmar: Stop discriminating against the Royingha

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

It is does not matter what they are known as - Rohingya or Bengali - but they must have basic rights and be protected from violence and fear while living in Myanmar, which is supposed to be their homeland.

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Immigration Ministry moves to remove departure-form system

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The departure form, or D-form, system for those leaving the country can only be cancelled with approval from the central government, a Ministry of Immigration and Population official said following reports in local media quoting Immigration Minister Khin Yi as saying the D-form would be history as of April.

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Refugees Relying More on Cash From Family, Friends Abroad

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

MAE HONG SON, Thailand — From dawn until late at night they queue up, waiting to call their relatives, friends and loved ones overseas.

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More than 100 Rohingya rescued off Indonesian coast

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Fishermen have rescued more than 100 ethnic Rohingya asylum seekers from Burma who were found drifting in a wooden boat off western Indonesia, an official said Wednesday.

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Myanmar govt offers agriculture loans to Kachin refugees

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The Livestock and Fisheries Ministry is to offer agricultural loans to Kachin war refugees, Minister Ohn Myint told Mizzima at an industry summit.

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Burmese women molested by men claiming to be Thai police

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The Thai man identified himself as a policeman, but apart from a police jacket, he wore civilian clothes. Two more men waited nearby, next to a truck with tinted windows. They all reeked of alcohol.

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China Arrests Five for Trafficking 200 Burmese

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

HONG KONG — Chinese authorities have arrested and charged five people with human trafficking in what could be China’s largest case of trafficking of Burmese nationals in recent memory.

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Myanmar’s negligent recruiting agencies face ‘penalties’

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Overseas employment agencies face heightened scrutiny and those that fall short of their contractual obligations or the law will be penalised, Deputy Minister Myint Thein warned the Federation of Overseas Employment Agencies on Sunday.

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97 Burmese asylum seekers die after 25 days stranded at sea

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Burmese asylum seekers rescued by Sri Lanka's navy last week said they floated at sea for 25 days and 97 people died of starvation after Thailand's navy intercepted them and forcibly removed their boat's engine. The Thai navy has denied the allegation.

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Govt to Address Illegal Immigration in Mandalay

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Burma’s Ministry of Immigration and Population has begun to investigate the status of immigrants in Mandalay city in preparation for taking further action, according to Deputy Minister Kyaw Kyaw Win.

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Myanmar migrant survivors tell of throwing dead overboard

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking ship by the Sri Lankan Navy have told of throwing 98 people overboard after they died of starvation and dehydration, Sri Lanka's police said on Monday.

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Lawmaker Urges More Attention for Migrant Workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

WASHINGTON — Opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua has appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen and the government to again crack down on unscrupulous recruiting agencies that hire workers for jobs abroad.

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Myanmar hopes for verification delay

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Myanmar is confident the Thai government will allow more time for documenting an estimated one million migrant workers if the nationality verification process can't be finished by the March 16 deadline.

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Myanmar urges the speeding up of migrant worker registration as deadline approaches

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Myanmar yesterday urged Thailand to speed up registration of migrant workers from the country, with 1 million of them and hundreds of thousands of their children still undocumented as the deadline nears.

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Higher wages will keep Burmese migrants in Thailand, say researchers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

High wages in Thailand are likely to keep the majority of Burmese migrant workers here over the next three years, a labour researcher says.

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Actions to be taken against unlawful employment agencies

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has set a ceiling on what employment agencies can charge workers they send to Thailand for jobs, and it is also urging migrant workers to file complaints against any agency that violates regulations on placing Myanmar nationals there.

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US Announces End of Resettlement Program

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

David Robinson, the US principal deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, visited the Mae Lae refugee camp on Friday to announce plans to discontinue the US resettlement program for refugees from Burma within the next 120 days.

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Temporary passports for Burmese migrants to be issued in Thailand

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

The Burmese government will start issuing temporary passports to its illegal workers in Thailand next month.

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With relief looms concern for Myanmar migrants

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

After more than a month of wrangling, the Thai government agreed to extend the deadline for undocumented migrant workers to register for official work papers until April 15, sources familiar with the process told The Myanmar Times.

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126 Burmese arrested by Malaysian immigration officials

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

A total of 126 men believed to be Burmese nationals were detained at Malaysia’s northern border on Thursday and Friday, according to Malaysian news agency Bernama quoting a local police chief.

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Burmese migrants lose jobs after Thai wage hike

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Thousands of Burmese migrants face unemployment after new minimum wage requirements imposed by the Thai government earlier this month forced several factories and workshops to close down.

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