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ACRONYMS ADHOC Cambodian Human Rights and Development Associaon ASEAN Associaon of Southeast Asian Naons CBO Community Based Organisaon CMHI Compulsory Migrant Health Insurance CRC Convenon on the Rights of the Child CWCC Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre FAR Foundaon for AIDS Rights FED Foundaon for Educaon and Development ILO Internaonal Labour Organizaon LPA Labour Protecon Act LSCW Legal Support for Children and Women MOU Memorandum of Understanding NGO Non Governmental Organisaon NV Naonality Verificaon SSS Social Security Sheme UN United Naons 8 From Our Eyes: Mekong Migrant Reflections 2000-2012
Map of key locaons INDIA CHINA Yunnan Guangxi Shan State MYANMAR Tachilek Naypyidaw Mae Sai LAO PDR VIETNAM Hanoi Chiang Mai Vientiane Rangoon Bago Mawlamyine Mon State Dawei Kawthaung Ranong Myawaddy Mae Sot THAILAND Bangkok Aranyaprathet Poipet Siem Reap Rayong Battambang CAMBODIA Koh Kong Phnom Penh Ho Chi Minh City Phang Nga Songkhla MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur Greater Mekong Subregion National capital City National border Provincial border From Our Eyes: Mekong Migrant Reflections 2000-2012 9
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Page 5 and 6: PREFACE We are migrants from the Me
Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would sincerely
Page 9 and 10: CONTENTS Preface ..................
Page 11 and 12: INTRODUCTION We, migrants, have mad
Page 13 and 14: • Access to jusce; • Educaon fo
Page 15 and 16: BACKGROUND ON MIGRATION POLICY IN T
Page 17: As a way to implement the MOUs, two
Page 21 and 22: here, after deductions for food and
Page 23 and 24: I had neither a health card with my
Page 25 and 26: I think there are many more job opp
Page 27 and 28: Thailand, which industrialised ahea
Page 29 and 30: Workers were frustrated in their ef
Page 31 and 32: Did you know... Polical climate Mig
Page 33 and 34: Pursuant to Secons 10 and 11 of the
Page 35 and 36: “Migrant workers cannot make thei
Page 37 and 38: the workers received their wages di
Page 39 and 40: estricve policies. For example, I h
Page 41 and 42: If there were an emergency situaon,
Page 43 and 44: Did you know… Compulsory Migrant
Page 45 and 46: unnamed Thai employer, ‘would fac
Page 47 and 48: pass to visit Ranong province in Th
Page 49 and 50: I have a naonal ID card in Burma. W
Page 51 and 52: I am worried that the migrant schoo
Page 53 and 54: the head of villages, about every t
Page 55 and 56: NGO Reflection: The Foundation for
Page 57 and 58: “Going out is a risk and I don’
Page 59 and 60: estaurant told us that the police d
Page 61 and 62: Did you know… Mobility restricons
Page 63 and 64: The border pass I got when I crosse
Page 65 and 66: Luckily, the other women gave me a
Page 67 and 68: card. The police found my ATM card
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asked us about our work, “Hey pre
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Bangkok, the driver got down and ca
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Migrant sex workers’ rights The A
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those without documents and without
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“I gave up drugs and was trained
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stayed at the same house knew about
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debt, I returned back to Poipet and
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I used to be arrested many mes but
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“I had many difficules during tho
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According to my experiences so far,
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labour inspectors to inspect and is
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Endnotes: 1 Internaonal Organizaon
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migrants working in Thailand. I did
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I have only one son. My son was bor
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Birth cerficaon The Naonality Act B
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machine operator. My wages also inc
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I don’t have an ATM card. I never
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have helped me. I have been to the
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“My family cannot save enough mon
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My employers always treat me fairly
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I can go up to Phang Nga province b
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I decided not to enrol my daughter
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There has been no improvement in de
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“I know that there is a Thai law
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I don’t have a work permit. I wou
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I have had no contact with governme
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2. States Pares shall take legislav
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have difficules and suffer in life.
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My friend asked me for the money ba
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contracepve pill. I let myself have
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The main difficulty I have is with
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There is a government policy that d
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“We need to solve the atude probl
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We used to live with our employer f
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have migrants been allowed to study
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In regards to cultural expression,
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the hospital first and said that th
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In my opinion, we should have the r
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Aer I shared my experiences in Thai
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Before entering Thailand, I was edu
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Did you know... Medical condions of
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“I have experienced deportaon. I
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Thailand again. I worked (begged) a
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I have experienced deportaon. I was
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