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'Brain drain' follows military coup
News, Published on 08/04/2024
» Three years after the coup on Feb 1, 2021, the Myanmar military government, aka the "Tatmadaw", has suffered significant losses as a result of the 1027 operation by the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BTA), which started in October.
Telling it like it is
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/01/2023
» Re: "Thailand's political charade exposed," (Opinion, Jan 27).
Give Myanmar asylum seekers a chance
Oped, Published on 10/08/2022
» The right to seek and receive asylum from political persecution is guaranteed under Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but the people of Myanmar who are fleeing conflict and economic hardship in their war-torn country don't seem to be receiving the help granted by the clause.
Migrant workers get a raw deal
News, Published on 07/02/2022
» Societies around the world are increasingly becoming "aged societies", and Thailand itself will become a "super-aged" society by 2031 when 28% of the population will be over 60 years old.
Forgotten people with no homes or hope
Oped, Published on 11/11/2021
» Malaysia is a second home to Myanmar migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers. In 2020, there were more than 550,000 Myanmar regular migrant workers and an estimated 250,000 are undocumented. Moreover, more than 154,880 Myanmar refugees and asylum seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), including 22,470 Chin ethnic people who had escaped persecution and violence in their home state at the end of September 2021.
Migrants face red-tape nightmare
Oped, Published on 13/10/2021
» Before the Covid-19 pandemic, migrant workers made up more than 10% of Thailand's labour force and generated 4.3% to 6.6% of the country's GDP, according to information from the International Labour Organization in June.