Thailand

Do they know it’s International Migrants Day? For the two million  migrants in Thailand threatened with deportation from December 14^th onwards, December 18^th, International Migrants Day has no meaning at all.

• International Migrants Day

• Thailand

A new docu-drama is being filmed in Southern Thailand. It tells the story of young Burmese struggling to survive in tough conditions and low-paid jobs on rubber plantations, construction sites and fishing boats. 

The film portrays the lives of the Burmese migrants in Thailand – unknown to people inside Burma.  Many Burmese believe migrant workers enjoy a better life after they leave Burma.

Ron Corben joins the film crew for a look behind the scenes.

• Burma
• Thailand

Workers in Thailand were earlier this year promised a significant raise to the minimum wage. From a mere 5US$ a day, the current government’s election promise was to increase that to 10US$ a day equally in every province. But the promise has not yet been fulfilled and workers are still surviving on a wage which barely covers  a workers’ daily needs let alone the needs of their dependents or any security for the future.

• Human Rights / Migrant Rights General

• Thailand

Minimum wages, Living wages: A wage to have a good life on Workers in Thailand were earlier this year promised a significant raise to the minimum wage. From a mere 5US$ a day, the current government’s election promise was to increase that to 10US$ a day equally in every province. But the promise has not yet been fulfilled and workers are still surviving on a wage which barely covers a workers’ daily needs let alone the needs of their dependents or any security for the future.

• Human Rights / Migrant Rights General
• Labour / Labour Conditions

• Thailand