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    45 Search results for "Mahachai"

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi addresses migrants in Mahachai

    “Ideally, we want you to have passports, and Thailand, your host country, does not object to this,” she told Burmese migrants at the fishing port town.

    Foreign Affairs Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Migrants of Mahachai prepare for Suu Kyi visit

    Migrant workers from Burma eagerly await the visit of their democratic icon and national hero Aung San Suu Kyi in the Thai coastal fishery centre of Mahachai.

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    The Migrants of Mahachai

    In a port town just west of Bangkok, Burmese labourers toil under slave-like conditions in a multi-billion dollar seafood industry.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai PM hears Burmese migrant workers’ concerns

    Surachai told DVB that migrant fishermen are frequently threatened by Thai authorities and bosses if they raise their concerns.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrants: From Pink Cards to Green Books

    Burmese migrants in Thailand can now apply for – and pay for – papers to allow them to travel freely around the kingdom.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Labour activist, fearing for safety, leaves Thailand

    Prominent British rights activist Andy Hall leaves Thailand, saying he fears for his safety amid legal problems and growing harassment from companies.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Time-card ‘thief’ arrested after informing on employer

    A Burmese woman who accused her Thai employer of abuses was charged on Saturday for allegedly stealing her work time-card.

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Suu Kyi apologises to migrants

    Aung San Suu Kyi has apologised to supporters who stood in the rain for hours hoping to see her during her visit to Mahachai on Thursday.

    Contributor Lead Story News Opinion

    The road to Dawei is paved with empty promises

    Aung San Suu Kyi should think again if she believes that going ahead with the Dawei Special Economic Zone project is a good way to create jobs in Burma.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi, Thai govt to sign new migrant deal

    The agreement will significantly shorten the “work break” period that migrants must stay in Burma after their Thai work permits expire.

    A young girl packs crab at the port of Ranong in southern Thailand. (PHOTO: John Hulme)

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Suu Kyi

    Migrant rights groups call for action ahead of Suu Kyi’s trip to Thailand

    Rights groups have renewed a call for a long-term migration policy between Burma and Thailand.

    File photo of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons)

    Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi to visit Thailand

    Burma’s leader will pay her first official state visit to the neighbouring country since sweeping to power late last year.

    Dawei Lead Story News

    New dawn at Dawei

    Long-delayed mega-project is finally taking its first bookings, but whether it ever reaches its vast potential could depend on Burma’s new government.

    Lead Story News

    Cheated migrants paid out by Thai seafood factory

    Burmese migrants working for a Thai seafood company will receive a share of a US$1.3 million payout after striking en masse.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese exploited in Thai tourism sector: report

    Three laundry staff said they worked up to 19 hours a day during the peak tourism season with only two days off a month. Another reported working 16-hour shifts with no time off.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Rights group, Thai police free abused migrant workers

    Thai police and a labour rights group have rescued 74 Burmese migrants, including children, from a factory in Mahachai, near Bangkok.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Four million disenfranchised at home and abroad

    When Burma goes to the polls on 8 November, more than 10 percent of 33.5 million people officially eligible to vote won’t be able to.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Burmese migrant workers in Thailand ‘shut out from voting’

    3,000 voters have registered for advance voting at the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok, just a tiny fraction of the some 2.5 million migrant workers in Thailand.

    2015 Elections Lead Story Migrants Issues News Politics

    Advance voting for Burmese migrants in Thailand

    Burmese migrant workers in Thailand will be able to cast ballots at the embassy in Bangkok ahead of the general election.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Interview: Fisherman speaks of Benjina captivity

    DVB speaks to Thet Swe Thint, a fisherman rescued from captivity on the Indonesian island of Benjina

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    One dead, 11 injured in Burmese migrant truck crash

    Driver expected to be charged in Pathum Thani accident.

    Arts Lead Story News

    Burmese puppetry in Bangkok

    The famed Burmese art of puppetry – yoke thé – will feature at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival in Bangkok.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News Politics

    US waives sanctions after Thailand flunks human trafficking test

    The United States has waived sanctions against Thailand that could have been imposed as a result of the country’s insufficient efforts to combat human trafficking.

    BRIEF – Seven new migrant registration centers to open in Thailand

    Burmese migrants will soon be able to register at seven new offices in Thailand – Samut Prakan, Chonburi, Ranong, Suratthani, Chachoengsao, Songkhla and Ayutthaya. The move follows a recent “one stop[…]

    Thais crack down on illegal Burmese migrants video

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thais crack down on illegal Burmese migrants

    Joint task forces of Thai army, police and immigration officials detain and deport 163 Burmese in Mae Sot and 136 recently arrived migrants in Ranong.

    The stigma of HIV/AIDS in Little Burma video

    Health Lead Story Society Video

    The stigma of HIV/AIDS in Little Burma

    Many Burmese migrants work in the dock in Mahachai, Thailand. Many of them are poor and dream of one day returning home. But many of them also enjoy new freedoms that were taboo in their own country, including sexual experimentation and multiple partners.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burmese migrant group files formal complaint against Thai police

    A Burmese human rights organisation has filed what is claimed to be the first ever formal complaint against Thai police for their alleged role in extorting Burmese migrant workers in Thailand.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Western shrimp imports ‘fuel’ trafficking of Burmese migrants

    Western demand for Thai-produced shrimps is fuelling an epidemic of abuses, including child and forced labour, among Burmese migrants working in the poorly-regulated industry, a new report warned on Thursday.

    Politics

    Migrant school to teach Burmese curriculum in Thailand

    A new primary school for migrant children is set to open near Bangkok next month, where students will be able to study their native curriculum in the Burmese language for the first time

    News Politics

    ‘Legal’ Burmese migrants still face exploitation in Thailand

    Burmese migrants, who have arrived ‘legally’ in Thailand under a bilateral agreement between the two countries, continue to be systematically exploited and abused by their Thai employers, activists have warned

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