<div> <div>Migrant workers are uprooting themselves from Thailand in response to the junta's new migrant law that imposes huge fines for unregistered workers and their employers.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 3 July 2017, Jetn Sirathranont, a whip in the junta’s National Legislative Assembly, said that the Royal Decree on Managing the Work of Aliens, which went into effect on 23 June, will be <a href="https://prachatai.com/journal/2017/07/72239">submitted to the NLA</a> for final approval in the near future.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In response to concerns that the new law will put an excessi </div></div>

<p>( Hong Kong, October 23, 2014)&nbsp;20th October 2014, The Human Rights Commission of the Lawyer Council of Thailand set up a working group to provide legal aid to Win or Win Saw Thun and Zaw Lin, the two Burmese suspects in the murder of David Miller, 24 and the rape and murder of Hannah Witheridge, 23 in Koh Tao, Surat Thani province on 15 September 2014. Mr Surapong Kong-janteuk has been appointed as the head of the the mission to provide legal aid and other assistance regarding human rights violation in criminal legal procedure along with several other senior attorneys.</p>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A group of burmese gathered in front of the Prime Minister Office on Friday afternoon (local time) and called for the UK government to carry out an Independently investigate the horrific murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, found dead on Thailand’s touristic island of Koh Tao.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The following is the statement by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/285972508258835/?ref=3&amp;ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular">"Myanmar Community from United Kingdom and the Whole World":</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><i p> </i></div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>As of 19th June 2014, Human Rights Watch has <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrw.org%2Fnews%2F2014%2F06%2F19%2Fthailand-fears-crackdown-trigger-exodus&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXJJjbE89SQTHOwasPvlNN8Aoc4g">reported</a> several hundred thousand migrant workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos fleeing Thailand. An estimated 220,000 Cambodian workers have returned to the safety of their own country in fear of the Junta’s action against illegal migrant workers. </div>

<p><em>Labor Minister&rsquo;s Proposal Won&rsquo;t Reduce Human Trafficking</em></p> <p>(New York, July 6, 2012) &ndash; Thailand&rsquo;s government should scrap the labor minister&rsquo;s proposed regulation to deport migrant workers who become pregnant, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposal discriminates against women workers and would not advance the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra&rsquo;s stated aim of reducing human trafficking.</p>

<p>Employers in Tak have managed to persuade the authorities to slap travel restrictions on all migrants registered to work in five border provinces. Even migrants who are holding Temporary Passports which should allow migrants to travel freely throughout the country are now facing restrictions.</p>

<p>On 17 April, while the people of Thailand were enjoying the long holidays for the New Year and Songkran water festival, two Burmese migrants were found dead in the back of a deportation vehicle.&nbsp; Mr Maungg Soe (25), and&nbsp; Ms Ma Mi Lar (36) were two of 62 migrants being deported from the Sadao Immigration office, in Songkhla Province, southern Thailand to Burma via the Mae Sot border crossing.</p>

<p>On 3 Feb, the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) and networks submitted a petition to Thailand&rsquo;s National Police Chief. The petition demands the unchaining of Charlie Deeyu, a migrant worker from Myanmar who was severely injured in a work accident and is hospitalized under custody at Bangkok&rsquo;s Police General Hospital pending deportation.</p>

<p>Mr. Chalermchai Sri-on, the Minister of Labour, on 26 Jan commented on the results of his trip to Myanmar between 22nd to 24th January 2010 to meet Mr Mong Min, the Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs for Myanmar. The Minister said the trip was intended to discuss the existing nationality verification process (NV) for alien workers that has been proceeding slowly,particularly as a result of border closures.</p>

<p>(11 Sept) The demands of the 1,000 striking workers at the Dechanpanich Fishing Net Factory in Khon Kaen continue to fall on deaf ears.</p>

<p>Holding a temporary passport has given no protection of the rights of Burmese workers at the Dechapanich Fishing Net Factory in Khon Kaen. The workers have to work one and a half hours free every day from 5.00pm to 6.30pm to pay off the cost of the passport and are not allowed to maintain possession of their passports.&nbsp; When six workers were fired for taking more than three days leave a month, they demanded the return of their personal documents, and found that the word &ldquo;cancel&rdquo; had been casually written next to their visa.</p>