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Suu Kyi apologises to migrants
Aung San Suu Kyi has apologised to supporters who stood in the rain for hours hoping to see her during her visit to Mahachai on Thursday.
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Suu Kyi addresses migrants in Mahachai
“Ideally, we want you to have passports, and Thailand, your host country, does not object to this,” she told Burmese migrants at the fishing port town.
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Migrants of Mahachai prepare for Suu Kyi visit
Migrant workers from Burma eagerly await the visit of their democratic icon and national hero Aung San Suu Kyi in the Thai coastal fishery centre of Mahachai.
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Migrant rights groups call for action ahead of Suu Kyi’s trip to Thailand
Rights groups have renewed a call for a long-term migration policy between Burma and Thailand.
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Suu Kyi to visit Thailand
Burma’s leader will pay her first official state visit to the neighbouring country since sweeping to power late last year.
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Advance voting for Burmese migrants in Thailand
Burmese migrant workers in Thailand will be able to cast ballots at the embassy in Bangkok ahead of the general election.
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Interview: Fisherman speaks of Benjina captivity
DVB speaks to Thet Swe Thint, a fisherman rescued from captivity on the Indonesian island of Benjina
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Thais crack down on illegal Burmese migrants
Joint task forces of Thai army, police and immigration officials detain and deport 163 Burmese in Mae Sot and 136 recently arrived migrants in Ranong.
Nine Burmese die in Thai truck collision
Thirty more hospitalised after 10-wheeled truck ploughs into lorry carrying Burmese migrant workers in the Thai town of Mahachai
