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2 Jul 2016

State Department names Burma one of world’s worst countries for human trafficking

The State Department has named Burma as one of the world’s worst human trafficking offenders, and it removed Thailand from the list, citing progress in cracking down on forced labor in the seafood industry. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Thursday is watched closely by the countries clustered at the bottom. It is viewed […]

1 Jul 2016

Mon Groups Fear Surge of Burman Migrants

RANGOON — Last week, more than 10 Mon civil society organizations (CSO) demanded that the Mon State Chief Minister review the government’s plan to issue household registration cards to internal migrant workers who have moved from Upper Burma to work on rubber plantations and salt farms in Mon State. Naing Htun Myint, chairman of the […]

1 Jul 2016

Education still elusive for many Myanmar children in Thailand

For the millions of Myanmar migrant workers living in Thailand, one of the many struggles is trying to figure out how to get their kids an education. Education centres, which, unlike Thai schools, are free to attend for Myanmar students, did not receive support from the Myanmar government last academic year and they are still […]

21 Jun 2016

Dalai Lama to Suu Kyi: ease tensions in Arakan

Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tensions between majority Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, her fellow Nobel laureate, the Dalai Lama, said on Monday. The Tibetan spiritual leader said he had stressed the issue in meetings with Suu Kyi, who came to power in April in the […]