Fear and discrimination towards returning migrants has led to anger over quarantine facilities being proposed in villages in Mon State.
Local residents worry about how they will manage with thousands of people arriving in their area from Thailand, and what the effect will be on their communities.
With the government’s decision to quarantine so many new arrivals, we look at the impact it is having on communities in Mon State.
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