By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich |
<div>Thailand and Myanmar’s regulations systematically deny the rights to movement, health, and culture of the nomadic sea gypsy ethnic Moken people, according to a Human Rights Watch <a href="https://www.hrw.org/reports/2015/06/25/stateless-sea">report </a>released this week. </div>
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<div>The Moken people are one of the last hunter-gatherer groups in Southeast Asia. Approximately 3,000 Moken live in the Mergui Archipelago off the coast of Myanmar, while 800 live in Thailand, mainly in Ranong and surrounding islands.
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