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How Are Myanmar Migrants in Thailand Faring in the Face of COVID-19?
By The Irrawaddy 2 January 2021
Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! Anti-Myanmar hate speech has flared among Thai citizens after thousands of Myanmar migrant workers were involved in the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand.
We’ll discuss what Thailand’s Health Ministry is doing to fight hate speech and provide equal treatment to COVID-19 patients regardless of their race and nationality. U Aung Kyaw, co-founder of the Bangkok-based Migrant Workers Rights Network, joins me to discuss this. I’m The Irrawaddy Burmese editor Ye Ni.
COVID-19 has spread in Thailand, though the country had been able to effectively control the virus previously. The outbreak occurred at Samut Sakhon near Bangkok. As thousands of Myanmar migrant workers have become infected in the outbreak, they are being blamed for spreading COVID-19. The worst thing is even Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has blamed Myanmar migrant
Nonprofit criticizes Thailand blaming immigrants for fresh Covid-19 outbreak 2 minutes read
Bangkok, Dec 23 (efe-epa).- The Nonprofit Mekong Migration Network (MMN) on Wednesday criticized Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha for blaming so called illegal immigrants for a fresh Covid-19 outbreak at a seafood market, and called for better response against the pandemic.
The authorities have quarantined thousands of immigrant workers, mostly Burmese and Cambodians, at a seafood market and adjacent dormitories in Samut Sakhon province to contain an outbreak that resulted in more than 1,200 infections since Thursday last week.
“The seafood industry in Samut Sakhon, like elsewhere in Thailand, is hugely dependent on the low paid labour of migrants from Myanmar and Cambodia who live and work in conditions where physical distancing and recommended hygiene measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are largely absent,” MMN said in a statement.
90% of Myanmar workers infected with Covid in Thailand s Mahachai | Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight
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