A farmer ploughs a field in Magway Region. (AFP)
A farmer ploughs a field in Magway Region. (AFP)

‘I don’t want to be a burden’: Fleeing workers see no future in the countryside

With jobs in rural areas scarce, thousands of workers who have returned to their villages to escape violent crackdowns in Yangon are unable to support their families and are relying on relatives.

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