Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Time-card ‘thief’ arrested after informing on employer
A Burmese woman who accused her Thai employer of abuses was charged on Saturday for allegedly stealing her work time-card.
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Arts Education Lead Story News
Stolen childhoods
Backed with a haunting piano score, a Burmese cartoonist tells you in three minutes everything you need to know about child exploitation.
Burmese fishermen escape exploitation in Indonesia
Almost 30 Thai and Burmese fishermen facing exploitation on deep-sea fishing trawlers in Indonesian waters recently sought help from a labour rights network.
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DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
DVB Debate: Protecting Burma’s migrants
Panellists on DVB Debate discuss how to protect the millions of migrant labourers who leave Burma in search of work.
New minimum wage means unemployment for migrants
Three out of four low-skilled migrants in Thailand are from Burma. The Thai government has just introduced a minimum wage of 300 Baht [$10 US] per day. But as a[…]
