3 days ago · Like thousands of others, Ma Phyu chose to flee Myanmar rather than live under the junta, and now cannot return for fear of retribution from the authorities. Thailand is home to the world’s largest Myanmar diaspora — 2.3 million registered workers, plus another 1.8 million unofficial migrants, according to the UN migration agency IOM.

3 days ago · The “exodus” of Myanmar’s youth, according to the United Nations, pushed 3.7 million young people into migrating to Thailand by 2023, escaping war and a conscription order requiring both ...

Jun 19, 2022 · Myanmar’s junta is preparing to send migrant workers to Russia, following a request from the country as it faces shortages of foreign workers in agriculture and manufacturing amid its war...

Jan 16, 2025 · Before Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, there were estimated to be roughly 4 million migrant workers from the country in Thailand, about half of whom had legal status. However, the post-coup economic crisis, widening armed conflict and the conscription drive have pushed many more people to seek work abroad – often without waiting for the ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar – poorer states that border Thailand and have endured war, political violence and economic stagnation – provide the “vast majority of Thailand’s migrant stock,” the IOM noted. Laos said it took in more than U.S. $600 million in remittances in 2023 from 400,000 migrant workers, mostly in Thailand.

Nov 15, 2024 · Myanmar’s Ministry of Labor has issued a ruling allowing it to call back overseas workers for military service and has made the employment agencies that send workers abroad responsible for...

Nov 30, 2023 · Delving into the lives and challenges of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, this report sheds light on the dynamic landscape of migration through the surveys of 2,249 Myanmar migrants who...

A clinic in a Thai border town provides mental health care for people fleeing the conflict in Myanmar. ... soldiers injured on the front lines as well as political refugees and migrant workers.

Thai authorities detained nearly 200,000 Myanmar nationals during a 120-day nationwide crackdown on migrant workers who lack proper identification or documentation, Thailand’s Department of...

Nov 30, 2023 · People who migrate to Thailand from Myanmar to work without documentation experience poor working conditions, have limited to no access to public services and face the constant threat of...