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102 abandoned migrants rescued in Tenasserim
The Burmese navy has recovered 102 men, thought to be asylum seekers from Bangladesh, who were abandoned on the island of Saunggauk, state media reported on Tuesday. Naval personnel detained the men...
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155 boatpeople returned to Bangladesh
Burma sent 155 migrants back to Bangladesh on Wednesday, more than a month after rescuing them from a boat stranded at sea. Bangladesh said it had agreed to take back the 155, all judged to be economic...
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Govt confirms 159 Bangladeshis repatriated
The Burmese government has confirmed via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 10 August the repatriation of 159 verified Bangladesh nationals. The boatpeople were handed over on Monday to the Bangladeshi...
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Burmese warned to avoid Bangkok danger zones
The Burmese embassy in Bangkok issued a statement on Tuesday, warning its citizens to avoid ten potential danger zones in the Thai capital, in the wake of a deadly bomb blast that killed at least 20...
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Andy Hall to face trial on defamation charges
British human rights activist Andy Hall will face a defamation suit brought against him by Thailand’s Natural Fruit Company, after Bangkok South Criminal Court decided on Monday to indict him on...
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Four million disenfranchised at home and abroad
When Burma votes next month in what has been billed as its first free and fair election in 25 years, Tun Lin, and around four million of his fellow citizens, won’t be taking part. Most, like the...
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“No clarity” at Bangkok migration summit
Thailand called on Friday for concerted action to tackle “irregular” migration in the Indian Ocean, but no substantial solutions emerged from a regional meeting aimed at preventing this year’s “boat...
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Burmese govt, agencies protest Malaysian visa price hike
Burmese overseas employment agencies have voiced complaint against Malaysia’s One Stop Service Centre (OSC) which increased migrant labour visa fees eightfold. There are around 200 overseas employment...
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Hackers strike Thai sites after Koh Tao sentences
Internet hackers have attacked around 300 Thai court and government websites bringing them offline in retaliation for the sentencing of two Burmese migrant workers to death by a Koh Samui court in...
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Thailand claims progress in effort to end sea slavery
Thailand delivered a progress report on Thursday on efforts to clamp down on illegal fishing in a last-ditch attempt to show progress made ahead of a visit by EU officials next week. Thailand, the...
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Migrant children left out of new democracy
In a village in Thailand’s far-western Tak Province, five-year-old Nyi Ma has woken herself up, showered, and is getting ready for the day. Her parents left the family’s simple but cluttered one-room...
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Suu Kyi, Thai govt to sign new migrant deal
Burma’s Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and the Labour Ministry plan to solve the issue of illegal Burmese migrant workers by slashing their mandatory “work break” period from three years to 30...
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3 Burmese rescued from slavery on Thai fishing boat
Three Burmese migrants trafficked into Thailand and forced for years to work aboard a fishing boat have been rescued by the migrant rights advocacy group Myanmar Association in Thailand (MAT). MAT...
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Social media raises migrants’ awareness of rights
Tun Tun Win and his co-workers from Burma thought life was fine at the Thammakaset chicken farm in central Thailand, where they reared hundreds of thousands of birds for export to the European Union....
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Thai company ordered to pay Burmese workers
Over 180 Burmese migrant workers who were left unpaid by their employer in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai were awarded more than five million baht (US$140,000) in compensation by the Chiang Mai...
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