Burmese Migrant Workers (27 images)
Over one million Burmese have left their native Burma (Myanmar) for a new life in Thailand. Having fled Burma to escape slave labor, forced military conscription, forced relocation, armed conflict, and few economic opportunities, they work the jobs that the Thai's consider too demeaning and dangerous. Many of the Burmese enter the country illegally through a variety of means from river crossings to paying "agents" to smuggle them in.
Once in Thailand they live a life on the...
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