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A trust betrayed
Spectrum, Published on 22/12/2013
» The three young girls, all children of Myanmar migrant workers, came to the boarding school in Mae Sot confident in the promise of a better future. But it appears their optimism was misplaced; the girls claim they were subjected to sexual abuse by the headmaster responsible for their welfare.
Reaching out to the people languishing in nowhere land
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 10/06/2012
» Fongchan Suksaneh says she was in a "quasi-stateless" situation for 25 years and applied numerous times for citizenship, before finally receiving it following promulgation of the fourth Nationality Act in 2008. "I was told many times, 'We don't need people like you. Go to a different country!' ... I wasn't considered a Thai person even though I couldn't tell the difference myself."