Half a Million Workers to Be Deported From Thailand

Thai authorities about to deport approximately 500,000 workers for failing to seek worker’s permits.
Half a Million Workers to Be Deported From Thailand
Migrant workers from Burma at work in a shrimp factory in Mahachai, on the outskirts of Bangkok. More than half a million migrants workers in Thailand, from Burma, Cambodia and Laos, face possible deportation and abuse if they fail to meet a deadline this week to register with authorities. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
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Migrant workers from Burma at work in a shrimp factory in Mahachai, on the outskirts of Bangkok. More than half a million migrants workers in Thailand, from Burma, Cambodia and Laos, face possible deportation and abuse if they fail to meet a deadline this week to register with authorities. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)