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Burmese embassy to conduct site visits to migrants in Thailand
Embassy staff are to assist migrant workers who hold “pink cards” for their stay in Thailand, but who do not have Nationality Verification Cards.
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160,000 Burmese working abroad thanks to MoU scheme: Govt
Burma and Japan are currently negotiating a fresh MoU aimed at creating technical training programmes in Japan, as well as protecting trainees’ rights.
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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.
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Burmese migrants benefit from low-cost housing in Thailand
An accommodation zone for migrant workers in Thailand, a government project piloted in Samut Sakhon and Ranong, has received positive feedback from Burmese workers who now find themselves in better and more affordable living conditions.
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Thai govt issues new migrant worker threat
Thailand’s Labour Ministry has urged migrant workers to have their nationalities verified by their respective countries or risk being deported after their work permits expire this year.
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Thais to hire ‘language coordinators’ to help with migrants
Thailand’s Labour Ministry agrees to allow Thai companies to hire Burmese and other foreign nationals to work as language coordinators to help with migrant staff.
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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.
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Living on 10 baht a day
Expectations are high that this week’s visit to Thailand by Aung San Suu Kyi will help raise awareness of issues affecting the millions of Burmese migrant workers in the country.
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Thai police say no to relaxed rules for migrants
Thai police oppose measures to relax regulations on migrant workers, saying they breach international immigration principles and will adversely affect Thailand’s migrant labour management.
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Migrant workers exempted from Thai visa fees for Songkran
From now until 20 April, migrant workers in Thailand can return to their home countries visa free if they have the permission of their employers.
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Thailand to let migrants update labour cards at 7-Eleven
A new scheme approved by Thailand’s department of labour will make it more convenient for migrant to extend their permits to work in the Kingdom.
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Thai labour office recommends extension to migrant worker programme
Thailand’s employment department has recommended that the government extend its current ‘pink card’ migrant worker programme by a further two years.
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Migrant workers’ families barred from 2017, says Thai PM
Thousands of Burmese face an emotional and social dilemma if Gen. Prayut’s plan to bar migrant workers from bringing their families to Thailand is enforced.
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Respect the rule of law – and the citizenship act
DVB speaks to Dr. Aye Maung following his appointment as RNP chairman. He discusses the recent RNP conference and the party’s policies, as well as addressing the status of Rohingyas (or Bengalis) in Arakan State.
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Arakan officials snub OIC offers of help
Arakanese authorities complain that they were not properly informed of the OIC’s visit and again turned down the Islamic bloc’s request to establish a presence in the state.
Most Burmese migrants want to go home, says IOM
Most Burmese migrant workers in Thailand would like to return home, according to survey results released on Wednesday (International Migrants Day) by the Thai office of the International Organisation of Migration.
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.
Burmese migrants face ‘systemic’ exploitation near border
“I was fired two days after my child was born,” explains Zaw Lay, gesturing to his infant son cradled in his mother’s arms on the dusty floor. “I begged them not to[…]
Burmese embassy to issue migrant children with passports
The Burmese embassy in Thailand will begin issuing temporary passports for children of registered migrant workers on Thursday, according to a government spokesperson
‘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
Deportation threat for 1m Burma migrants
Deadline for Thailand verification extended but rights groups warn many migrants may not make it, with stateless at most risk
Migrants to face challenges in seeking minimum wage
Rights group expresses concern that Burmese migrant workers will struggle to claim new Thai minimum wage plans that were voted for in Thailand’s recent election
Unions accuse Thai govt of migrant abuse
Trade union consortium claims Bangkok is guilty of violating international law on the rights of migrants working without protection
Burmese ‘rampage’ in Thai factory
Some 1000 migrant workers destroy vehicles and attack security guards after a fight erupts in a chicken factory in central Thailand
Thai, Burma ministers talk migrants
Bilateral discussion ‘fruitful’ as factory owners met list of demands from some 700 striking Burmese migrant workers near Bangkok
Migrants indifferent to looming vote
As international media trains its eye on happenings inside Burma, millions of migrants outside of the country appear uninterested in the vote
Thais protest Burma migrant driving licenses
1000-strong group of taxi drivers in Ranong complain that the government’s granting of driver licenses to Burmese migrants could threaten their jobs
Thailand petitioned over migrant rights
Rights groups ask Thai government to entitle migrant workers ‘living in seriously degrading conditions’ to government accident compensation
Thailand launches mass migrant crackdown
Police targeting migrant workers who failed to register for legal status in Thailand but rights groups warn of indiscriminate arrests and extortion
Thai PM sets up migrant ‘arrest centre’
Burmese likely to bear the brunt of centre charged with ‘suppressing and prosecuting’ migrants in Thailand who fail to register for legal status
