Sentences with phrase «burmese migrant workers»

The «hacktivist» collective Anonymous has brought down several websites affiliated with the Thai police, in protest over the controversial conviction of two Burmese migrant workers on charges of murder and rape.

Outside of the camps, there are an estimated 2.4 million documented and undocumented Burmese migrant workers, making up 80 percent of the migrant worker population and five percent of Thailand's total labour force in critical industries like shrimp factories (IOM 2011).

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Global Witness is concerned by reports that where the Burmese authorities have taken action against the timber trade, this has sometimes involved violent attacks on Chinese migrant workers by the army.