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		<title>Thai police crackdown on migrant workers</title>
		<link>http://www.shaneabrahams.com/2010/06/thai-police-crackdown-on-migrant-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over a thousand people have been arrested across Thailand in the past week after Thai police launched a crackdown on migrant workers reports New Delhi based Mizzma News Agency. The crackdown has left migrant workers afraid to leave their houses – even those with the correct documentation. Mizzma quotes Bangkok Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lieutenant General [...]


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		<title>Thai soldier killed by Burmese troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Thai soldier is dead after he reportedly refused to take two Burmese soldiers who had stepped on landmines to hospital. According to reports in Burmese dissident media, the shooting took place earlier this week near Mae Sariang, a few hours north of Mae Sot. The soldier was leading a group of visitors in boats [...]


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		<title>NDF denounces junta’s election laws as devoid of fairness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Democratic Front (NDF), which represents several opposition Burmese ethnic minority groups, has warned the election laws announced last week by Burma’s ruling military junta will not lead to the establishment of basic rights for the country’s ethnic groups. In a statement from its Central Executive Committee, the NDF described the laws as “completely [...]


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		<title>US opts to engage Burma, but keeps sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US has announced a new policy of engagement with Burma’s military rulers. They will also increase humanitarian assistance, but will not phase out sanctions without signs of political change. “Burma’s continued estrangement from the international community harms the country and has direct negative consequences beyond Burma’s borders. Burma’s engagement with the outside world has [...]


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		<title>AH1N1 virus confirmed in Mae La refugee camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical workers in Mae La refugee camp have confirmed the AH1N1 virus has been found in the camp, which houses around 50,000 mostly Karen refugees from Burma. The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) is reporting the virus that has already claimed over 1400 lives worldwide has infected four children in the camp. DVB quotes Saw [...]


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		<title>7th Brigade Headquarters falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)’s 7th Brigade headquarters have fallen to a joint force of Burmese Army and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) troops reports the Irrawaddy. The pro-government forces began a major offensive at the beginning of June targeting Brigade 7 that has caused thousands of Karen villagers to flee to Thailand. Last [...]


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		<title>Thailand to register 400,000 migrant workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand plans to register 400,000 foreign migrant workers reports the Irrawaddy. The Labour Ministry announced today it would register the workers, granting them permission to work legally in Thailand. There are believed to be nearly four million migrant workers in the country, with about 500,000 legally registered.  Many Burmese migrant workers are already in Mae [...]


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		<title>Insurance payout for families of migrants suffocated in refrigerated van</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Insurance, a Thai life insurance company has begun paying compensation for a group of Burmese migrant workers who were suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated container lorry in April 2008. Mizzima News reports Liberty paid 35,000 Thai Baht (US$ 979) to the families of 37 of the victims. The victims were [...]


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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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