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    As catches fall, fishermen in Arakan State sink into debt
    January 10, 2017in Arakan, Features, Lead Story, News232by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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    As catches fall, fishermen in Arakan State sink into debt

    Fishing, a major industry in impoverished Arakan State, has been in a long decline, pushing many coastal communities into debt.

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    The price of a night out: five years of slavery at sea
    May 22, 2016in Human Rights, Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News989by ALISA TANG / REUTERS
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    The price of a night out: five years of slavery at sea

    For one Burmese man, a few beers with a friend turned into a five-year ordeal on a Thai fishing boat.

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    Children labour under Burma's economic boom
    April 19, 2016in Labour Issues, Lead Story, News179by REUTERS
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    Children labour under Burma's economic boom

    When a boat stacked with gravel moors at a jetty in Rangoon, a child fills a basket he carries to trucks that whisk the load to construction sites.

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    August 19, 2015in Lead Story, News, Travel & Tourism, Video4564by DVB
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    VIDEO: Sea gypsies in troubled waters

    Join the Roadshow team as they meet the Moken— some still sailing now-troubled waters, others making a new life as fish out of water on both sides of Burma’s border…

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    Slavery fishing boats detected off Papuan coast
    July 27, 2015in Human Trafficking, Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News241by ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    Slavery fishing boats detected off Papuan coast

    An Associated Press investigation uncovers ships believed to be carrying enslaved fishermen, many of whom may be Burmese.

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    Burmese fishermen wait onshore as Thai dispute lingers
    July 9, 2015in Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News37by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Burmese fishermen wait onshore as Thai dispute lingers

    Thai Prime Minister urges registered fishing boats in his country to resume operations, but thousands of Burmese fishermen remain stuck onshore.

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