MAP Foundation works with migrant workers from Burma to promote labour rights, women rights and access to essential services including health and education.
Refugees? No - these were migrant workers who had to wait in the parking lot for days to finish their registration under the urgent deadline which just passed yesterday. Thai government pats itself on the back while migrants are stripped of their dignity.
The day after...frantic two weeks have passed and migrant registration is now closed. Estimated 80,000 migrants not registered. What happens to them next? Thai government patting itself on the back, but what about migrants' dignity?