Everyday workers from Burma, Laos and Cambodia immigrate to Thailand looking for better opportunities.

Their neighbor, Thailand, offers a more stable economic and political environment than their native lands. Thailand is one of many developing or industrialized countries that benefit economically from migration, but still offers limited legal protection and promotion of migrants and their families.

A general estimation counted more than 2 million Burmese migrants working in Thailand. In fact, five provinces in Thailand have recently issued a decree that effectively strips certain migrant workers of their basic human rights. (more…)