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This site features an article maintaining that there are between 1.5 million and 2 million migrant workers in Thailand, roughly 80% of whom are Burmese. This article highlights legal and social factors which contribute to the gross exploitation of migrant workers in Thailand, with a particular focus on Burmese workers in Maesot, Tak province, which is host to some 100,000 Burmese workers employed primarily in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors.
Asian Monitor Resource Center, www.amrc.org.hk
Asian Monitor Resource Center
Asian Monitor Resource Center
Hong Kong
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The Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) is an independent non-government organization (NGO) which focuses on Asian labor concerns. The center was founded in 1976 and from then on has been leading the way in promoting workers’ rights and democratic labor movements in Asia and the Pacific for over 25 years now. The Centre supports a democratic and independent labor movement promoting the principles of labor rights, gender consciousness, and active workers’ participation. It provides information, consultation, publications, documentation, and internships, and conducts research, training, advocacy, campaigns, labor networking, and related services to trade unions, pro-labor groups, related NGOs, academics, researchers, and professionals on labor issues.
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