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Myanmar migrant workers hand cotton thread spools in a textile factory in Thailand’s Pathum Thani province on September 23, 2018. (AFP)

‘We don’t have a choice’: Junta puts the squeeze on overseas workers

Under sanctions and desperate for hard currency, the military regime is forcing Myanmar workers abroad to remit earnings through formal channels, with some warning it will only push more migrants to become undocumented.

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