Thai government security personnel guard a highway checkpoint in Thailand's southern province of Pattani in April after the country went into lockdown. (AFP)
Thai government security personnel guard a highway checkpoint in Thailand's southern province of Pattani in April after the country went into lockdown. (AFP)

Desperate and debt-ridden, Mon migrants risk journey back to Thailand

A lack of job opportunities in Mon State has turned some migrants to smugglers in order to cross back into Thailand illegally.

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