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2. Source: HRDU, 2005.

3. Source: “Racketeers prey on Burmese job-seekers,” Irrawaddy, 21 December 2006; “Overseas Employment Boom as Myanmar Outsources Manpower,” AFP, 2 October 2006.

4. Sources: “Humane Approach to Migrant Labour,” The Nation, 17 December 2006; Migrant Domestic Workers: From Burma to Thailand, Institute for Population and Social Research, July 2004; Myanmar: Leaving Home, AI, 8 September 2005.

5. Sources: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007; Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

6. Source: “8 Burmese Die While Trying To Enter Thailand by Sea,” DVB, 3 May 2006.

7. Source: Ibid.

8. Source: “20 Migrants Die in Andaman Sea at Border Crossing,” Kaowao News, 2 May 2006.

9. Source: “Four Burmese Migrants Killed on Thai-Burma Border,” IMNA, 25 April 2006.

10. Sources: Lees, Jacqueline, The Risks and Benefits Of Using Brokers: The Journey from Burma into Thailand, Burma Economic Watch, Issue 1, 2006; Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand,  Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

11. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

12. Source: “Over 80 Burmese Mon Arrested by Thai Police for Illegal Entry,” DVB, 5 April 2006.

13. Source: Lees, Jacqueline, The Risks and Benefits Of Using Brokers: The Journey from Burma into Thailand, Burma Economic Watch, Issue 1, 2006.

14. Source: “Thai Employer’s Threats Keep Arakanese Migrant Fishermen Adrift,” Narinjara News, 7 February 2006.

15. Source: Lees, Jacqueline, The Risks and Benefits Of Using Brokers: The Journey from Burma into Thailand, Burma Economic Watch, Issue 1, 2006.

16. Source: Ibid.

17. Source: Ibid.

18. Source: “Last Hope for Survival, Migrants Waiting to Enter Thailand,” Kaowao News, 2 May 2006.

19. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

20. Source: Ibid.

21. Source: Action Research to Assess Trafficking in Humans between Sangkhaburi and Mahachai, Border to Shore Network, cited in Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

22. Source: “Another Migrant Worker Dies in A Car Accident,” Kaowao News, 31 October 2006.

23. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

24. Source: Ibid.

25. Sources: “120 Myanmar Migrants Workers Found Hidden Inside Trucks,” AP, 15 December 2006; “41 Burmese Migrants Caught in Tak,” Bangkok Post, 14 December 2006.

26. Sources: Trafficking in Persons Report, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State, 5 June 2006; Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

27. Source: Trafficking in Persons Report, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State, 5 June 2006.

28. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

29. Source: Ibid.

30. Source: “Myanmar can never condone human trafficking and will continue to cooperate with neighbours, other humanitarian organizations, in combating the threat” New Light Of Myanmar, 1 December 2006.

31. Source: “Migrant Policy Shift Draws Fire,”Irrawaddy, 23 December 2005.

32. Source: Sexual Health and Rights: Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men who have Sex with Men, Thailand, Open Society Institute, 2006.

33. Sources: “Migrant Policy Shift Draws Fire,” Irrawaddy, 23 December 2005; “New Migrant Policy Has Few Takers,” Irrawaddy, 7 March 2006; “Workers Call New Thai Migrant Policy Unnecessary,” Mizzima, 13 February 2006; “Migrant Workers’ Human Rights Threat,” Irrawaddy, 28 April 2006.

34. Source: “Open Letter of Concern Regarding the Thai Cabinet Resolution of 20th December 2005 On “System of Managing Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian Migrants who Entered the Country Illegally”,” Action Network for Migrants (Thailand), 15 February 2006.

35. Sources: “Burmese Migrant Workers Head Back to Burma,” Kaowao News, 12 March 2006; “Migrants Face Difficulties Registering for Work,” Kaowao News, 26 February 2006; “Migrants Face Difficulties Registering For Work,” Kaowao News, 26 February 2006.

36. Source: “New Migrant Policy Has Few Takers,” Irrawaddy, 7 March 2006.

37. Sources: “Migrant Workers’ Human Rights Threat,” Irrawaddy, 28 April 2006; MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

38. Source: MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

39. Sources: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007; No Human Being is Illegal, No Migrant Worker is Illegal, MAP Foundation, December 2006; Programme Report for January to June 2006, TBBC, 2006.

40. Sources: “Burma Holds Up Migrant Worker Registration Plan,” Irrawaddy, 28 June 2006; “Welfare Plan for Migrants Poses Problems for Burmese Workers,” Irrawaddy, 16 May 2006.

41. Source: “Myanmar (Burma) to issue temporary passports of is nationals illegally working in Thailand,” Thai Press Reports, 31 August 2006.

42. Source: “Temporary Myanmar Passport Issuing Offices open in border towns,” New Light of Myanmar, 7 November 2006; MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

43. Source: “Burmese Officials Issue Temporary Passports for Migrants,” Irrawaddy, 15 November 2006.

44. Source: Ibid.

45. Source: Ibid.

46. Source: “More Migrant Identity Applications Submitted to Burma,” Irrawaddy, 7 November 2006; Source: “Thailand’s Cynical Ploy on Burmese Migrant Workers,” The Nation, 11 December 2006.

47. Source: “New Temporary Visa Centers for Burmese Workers,” Irrawaddy, 29 August 2006; MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

48. Source: Arnold, Dennis, Exploitation in Global Supply Chains: Burmese Migrants in Mae Sot, Thailand, 2005.

49. Source: “Update on the recruitment of migrant workers from Myanmar (Burma),” PHAMIT, 2006.

50. Source: “Thailand’s Cynical Ploy on Burmese Migrant Workers,” The Nation, 11 December 2006.

51. Source: “Burma compiles list of its migrant workers in Thailand,” IMNA, 21 August 2006.

52. Source: “VPDC collects Kyat 200 against Burmese employees list in Thailand,” IMNA, 13 Sep 2006.

53. Source: “New Temporary Visa Centers for Burmese Workers,” Irrawaddy, 29 August 2006; MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

54. Source: “Burmese Workers Fear Thai ID Papers,” Irrawaddy, 27 September 2006.

55. Source: “Thailand’s Cynical Ploy on Burmese Migrant Workers,” The Nation, 11 December 2006.

56. Source: Forced Labour, Extortion, and Festivities: The SPDC and DKBA Burden on Villagers in Pa'an District, KHRG, 22 December 2006.

57. Source: “Workers Call New Thai Migrant Policy Unnecessary,” Mizzima, 13 February 2006.

58. Source: No Human Being is Illegal, No Migrant Worker is Illegal, MAP Foundation, December 2006.

59. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

60. Source: Arnold, Dennis, Exploitation in Global Supply Chains: Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, 2005.

61. Source: “Workers Call New Thai Migrant Policy Unnecessary,” Mizzima, 13 February 2006.

62. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

63. Source: Ibid.

64. Source: “Thai Employer Cuts Wages Of Burmese Construction Workers,” Narinjara News, 10 January 2006.

65. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

66. Source: Ibid.

67. Source: “Workers Protest Demanding Rights in Mae Sot,” IMNA, 16 October 2006.

68. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

69. Source: Ibid.

70. Source: Ibid.

71. Sources: Ibid; Arnold, Dennis, Exploitation in Global Supply Chains: Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, 2005.

72. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

73. Source: Ibid.

74. Source: Arnold, Dennis, Exploitation in Global Supply Chains: Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, 2005.

75. Source: Ibid.

76. Source: Ibid.

77. Source: “Thai-Burma Labour Organizations Work towards Strong Union,” IMNA, 23 October 2006.

78. Source: “Labor Rights Sought for Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 4 December 2006.

79. Source: “Migrant Workers Take Mae Sot Factories to Court,” Irrawaddy, 27 March 2006.

80. Source: Arnold, Dennis, The Situation of Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, SEARC Working Papers Series. No. 71, September 2004.

81. Source: Arnold, Dennis, Exploitation in Global Supply Chains: Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, 2005.

82. Source: “Burmese Workers Stage Strike in Mae Sot,” Mizzima, 7 April 2006.

83. Source: “Terminated Workers in Mae Sot to Be Compensated,” NMG, 21 April 2006.

84. Source: “Demanding Workers Rights Leads To Repatriation,” NMG, 19 April 2006.

85. Source: “Over 700 arrested in crackdown on illegal workers in Mae Sot,” NMG, 20 July 2006.

86. Source: “Workers Protest Demanding Rights in Mea Sot,” IMNA, 16 October 2006.

87. Source: No Human Being is Illegal, No Migrant Worker is Illegal, MAP Foundation, December 2006.

88. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

89. Source: “Migrants' health to be given more priority”, The Nation, 21 December 2006.

90. Source:  Ibid.

91. Source: Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005.

92. Source: “2004 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic,” UNAIDS, July 2004.

93. Sources: Sexual Health and Rights: Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men who Sleep with Men, Thailand, Open Society Institute, 2006; Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005.

94. Source: “Burmese Male Sex Workers In Thailand Face Stigma and AIDS Risks,” Mizzima, 27 January 2006.

95. Sources: “Migrant Women Workers Denied Health Care,” Irrawaddy, 6 November 2006; Suzanne Belton and Cynthia Maung, Working Our Way Back to Home, Melbourne University and OSI, 2005. 

96. Source: Sexual Health and Rights: Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men who Sleep with Men, Thailand, Open Society Institute, 2006.

97. Source: Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005.

98. Source: Sexual Health and Rights: Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men who Sleep with Men, Thailand, Open Society Institute, 2006.

99. Source: “HIV/AIDS Stalks Burmese Migrant Workers,” Mizzima, 11 July 2005.

100. Sources: Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005; HRDU, 2005.

101. Source: “HIV among Shan Migrants Mulled at Toronto 2006 News,” SHAN, 18 August 2006.

102. Source: “HIV/AIDS Stalks Burmese Migrant Workers,” Mizzima, 11 July 2005.

103. Source: “Burmese Migrants Excluded from AIDS Treatment,” AEGIS-IRIN, 15 January 2007.

104. Source: Sexual Health and Rights: Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men who Sleep with Men, Thailand, Open Society Institute, 2006.

105. Source: “Burmese Migrants Excluded from AIDS Treatment,” AEGIS-IRIN, 15 January 2007.

106. Source: Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005.

107. Sources: “Thailand Malaria, Dengue Fever Alert on Thai-Myanmar Border,” Thai Press Reports, 30 June 2006; “Border Health Conference Begins In Ratchburi,” Irrawaddy, 27 April 2006.

108. Source: “Thailand Malaria, Dengue Fever Alert on Thai-Myanmar Border,” Thai Press Reports, 30 June 2006.

109. Source: Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005.

110. Source: “Migrants' health to be given more priority,” The Nation, 21 December 2006.

111. Source: Migrant’s Health and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Raks Thai Foundation, 2005.

112. Source: “Health Conference Highlights Risks for Shan Migrants,” Irrawaddy, 30 May 2006.

113. Sources: “Thailand: Motherhood a Risk for Burmese Migrants,” IPS, 23 September 2003; HRDU, 2006.

114. Source: Suzanne Belton and Cynthia Maung, Working Our Way Back to Home, Melbourne University and OSI, 2005.

115. Sources: Suzanne Belton and Cynthia Maung. Fertility and Abortion: Burmese Women’s Health on the Thai-Burma Border, Forced Migration Review, Issue 19, January 2004; Suzanne Belton and Cynthia Maung, Working Our Way Back to Home, Melbourne University and OSI, 2005.

116. Source: Suzanne Belton and Cynthia Maung, Fertility and Abortion: Burmese Women's Health on the Thai-Burma Border, Forced Migration Review, Issue 19, January 2004.

117. Source: “First Shan Migrant Health Meeting In Chiang Mai,” Irrawaddy, 15 February 2006.

118. Sources: “Health Conference Highlights Risks for Shan Migrants,” Irrawaddy, 30 May 2006; HRDU, 2005.

119. Source: “Border Health Conference Begins In Ratchburi,” Irrawaddy, 27 April 2006.

120. Source: “Migrants' health to be given more priority,” The Nation, 21 December 2006.

121. Sources: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007; “Burmese Child Workers Lured To Thailand By High Wages,” Mizzima, 26 January 2006; “Thailand Must Improve Legal Protection for Migrants,” AFP, 13 December 2006.

122. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

123. Sources: “Burmese Child Workers Lured To Thailand By High Wages,” Mizzima, 26 January 2006; Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

124. Source: Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked: The realities of Young Migrant Workers in Thailand, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, 2006.

125. Sources: “Burmese Child Labor Exposed to Pesticides,” Irrawaddy, 7 June 2006;

126. Source: “Proposals Seek Changes to Thai Citizenship Law,” Irrawaddy, 15 November 2006.

127. Sources: Ibid; “Burmese Children Born in Thailand Denied Citizenship,” Irrawaddy, 24 May 2006.

128. Source: “Prospects for Hope? Myanmarese Refugees in Thailand,” World Refugee Survey 2005, USCRI, 15 June 2005.

129. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

130. Source: “Burmese Children Born in Thailand Denied Citizenship,” Irrawaddy, 24 May 2006.

131. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

132. Source: HRDU, 2006.

133. Source: Ibid.

134. Source: Ibid.

135. Source: Ibid.

136. Source: Ibid.

137. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

138. Source: Growing up under the Burmese Dictatorship: The situation facing children after 41 years of military rule in Burma, ICFTU, August 2003.

139. Source: “Thai Authorities Close Migrant Schools in Phop Phra,” Irrawaddy, 21 March 2006.

140. Sources: “New Thai Policy on Migrant Schools Welcomed,” Irrawaddy, 11 May 2006; HRDU, 2006.

141. Source: “Thai Authorities Arresting Burmese Workers in Mae Sot,” DVB, 5 July 2006.

142. Source: HRDU, 2006.

143. Source: “Myanmar can never condone human trafficking and will continue to cooperate with neighbours, other humanitarian organizations, in combating the threat” New Light Of Myanmar, 1 December 2006.

144. Sources: “Workers’ Group Denies Junta’s Accusation Regarding Signature Campaign,” IMNA, 3 November 2006; “Workers Protest Demanding Rights in Mea Sot,” IMNA, 16 October 2006.

145. Source: Myanmar: Leaving Home, Amnesty International, 8 September 2005.

146. Source: "Thailand Detains ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Myanmar Activists," AFP, 19 October 2006.

147. Source: Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, Federation of Trade Unions- Burma, February 2007.

148. Source: Sexual Health and Rights: Sex Workers, Transgender People and Men who Sleep with Men, Thailand, Open Society Institute, 2006.

149. Source: “Burmese arrested in Mae Sot Brothel raids,” Irrawaddy, 30 June 2006.

150. Source: “800 Burmese Workers ‘Killed in Catastrophe’,” BP, 30 December 2004.

151. Source: “Tsunami-Affected Myanmar Migrants Invisible in Life and Death,” AFP, 18 December 2006.

152. Source: “Tsunami aftermath; Help or Hurt? An Uncertain Future,” BP, 16 March 2005.

153. Source: No Human being is Illegal; No Migrant Worker is Illegal, MAP Foundation, December 2006.

154. Source: “Foreign Donors Call for Investigation of Tsunami Money,” Irrawaddy, 26 December 2006.

155. Source: Ibid.

156. Sources: “First Burmese Tsunami Dad Returned,” Irrawaddy, 13 January 2006; “Burmese Tsunami Survivors Still Struggling,” Irrawaddy, 25 December 2006; “Lack of Identity Papers Holds up Return of Tsunami Bodies,” Irrawaddy, 2 December 2005.

157. Source: “Foreign Donors Call for Investigation of Tsunami Money,” Irrawaddy, 26 December 2006.

158. Source: Four Myanmar Bodies Repatriated; One Year After Tsunami,” AFP, 23 January 2006.

159. Source: “Unidentified Tsunami Victims to Be Buried,” Irrawaddy, 28 November 2006.

160. Source: “Thailand Buries Last of Its Unknown Tsunami Dead,” AFP, 6 December 2006.

161. Source: “Thai Employer Cuts Wages Of Burmese Construction Workers,” Narinjara News, 10 January 2006.

162. Source: “Daylight Robbery: Thai Police Extort Money from Burmese Workers,” DVB, 10 January 2006.

163. Source: “Bodies Of Six Suspected Myanmar Labourers Found Floating Off Thailand,” AFP, 30 January 2006.

164. Source: “More Than 100 Illegal Foreign Workers Nabbed In Southern Thailand,” TPR, 30 January 2006.

165. Source: “Thailand Police Detains Illegal Immigrants From Myanmar,” TPR, 1 February 2006.

166. Source: “Thai Employer’s Threats Keep Arakanese Migrant Fishermen Adrift,” Narinjara News, 7 February 2006.

167. Source: MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

168. Source: “Over 80 Burmese Mon Arrested by Thai Police for Illegal Entry,” DVB, 5 April 2006.

169. Source: “Burmese Workers Stage Strike in Mae Sot,” Mizzima, 7 April 2006.

170. Source: “Terminated Workers in Mae Sot to Be Compensated,” NMG, 21 April 2006.

171. Source: “Demanding Workers Rights Leads To Repatriation,” NMG, 19 April 2006.

172. Source: “Four Burmese Migrants Killed on Thai-Burma Border,” IMNA, 25 April 2006.

173. Source: “8 Burmese Die While Trying To Enter Thailand by Sea,” DVB, 3 May 2006.

174. Source: “20 Migrants Die in Andaman Sea at Border Crossing,” Kaowao News, 2 May 2006.

175. Source: MAP Foundation Thailand, 2006.

176. Sources: “Burmese Corpses Found in Southern Thailand,” DVB, 28 May 2006; “Checks on Southern Thailand Bodies Begins,” Irrawaddy, 5 June 2006.

178. Source: Ibid.

179. Sources: “Another Migrant Worker Dies in A Car Accident,” Kaowao News, 31 October 2006; “Migrant Woman Dies in Car Accident,” Kaowao News, 9 June 2006.

180. Sources: “Migrant Burmese Face Wave of Robbery Attacks,” Irrawaddy, 30 June 2006; “Burmese Migrant Worker Severely Wounded in Attack,” Mizzima, 29 June 2006.

181. Source: “Thai Authorities Arresting Burmese Workers in Mae Sot,” DVB, 5 July 2006.

182. Sources: "Boat boss accused of rights abuse," Bangkok Post, 19 December 2006; “More than 25 Burmese migrant workers die of infection on sea,” IMNA, 4 July 2006; “Suspicions Rise over Death of 30 Burmese Fishermen,” Kaowao News, 20 July 2006.

183. Source: “Over 700 arrested in crackdown on illegal workers in Mae Sot,” NMG, 20 July 2006.

184. Source: MAP Foundation, 2006.

185. Source: “Group of migrant workers assaulted in Bangkok,” IMNA, 23 August 2006.

186. Sources: “Thai Authorities Arrest over 600 Ethnic Karen,” Mizzima, 28 August 2006; “Burmese workers find Thai police are not very good sports - Nakhon Pathom,” The Nation, 28 Aug 2006.

187. Source: MAP Foundation, 2006.

188. Source: Ibid.

189. Source: Ibid.

190. Source: “Burmese Migrant Workers Stage Protest Strike,” Irrawaddy, 12 September 2006.

191. Source: “Workers Demand for Their Right in Mae Sot,” IMNA, 15 October 2006.

192. Sources: “Suspect Identified in Beheading of Burmese Worker,” Irrawaddy, 17 October 2006; "Migrant Beheaded in front of Daughter in Thailand’s South," AFP, 13 October 2006.

193.Source: “Thailand Detains ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Myanmar Activists,” AFP, 19 October 2006.

194. Sources: “Workers’ Group Denies Junta’s Accusation Regarding Signature Campaign,” IMNA, 3 November 2006; “Workers Protest Demanding Rights in Mae Sot,” IMNA, 16 October 2006.

195. Source: “Illegal Burmese Workers Killed in Car Crash,” Irrawaddy, 24 October 2006.

196. Source: “Another Migrant Worker Dies in A Car Accident,” Kaowao News, 31 October 2006.

197. Source: Arakan Project, 2007.

198. Source: “Burmese Fishery Workers Rounded up in Thai Raid,” Kaowao News, 9 November 2006.

199. Source: Arakan Project, 2007.

200. Source: Ibid.

201. Sources: “114 Myanmar Refugees Wash Up on Thai Shores,” AFP, 5 December 2006; “Burmese Boat People Arrested by Thai Police,” Mizzima, 5 December 2006.

202. Source: “Mon Migrant Murdered Wife Raped in Phuket, Thailand,” IMNA, 8 December 2006.

203. Source: Arakan Project, 2007.

204. Source: “Fresh Batch of 66 Rohingya Arrested by Thai Police,” Mizzima, 12 December 2006; “Another Batch of Rohingyas Arrested in Thailand,” Kaladan News, 14 December 2006.

205. Source: “Nearly 100 More Rohingyas Land in Thailand,” Irrawaddy, 13 December 2006.

206. Source: “41 Burmese Migrants Caught in Tak,” Bangkok Post, 14 December 2006.

207. Source: “120 Myanmar Migrants Workers Found Hidden Inside Trucks,” AP, 15 December 2006.

208. Source: Arakan Project, 2007.

209. Source: MAP Foundation, 2006.

210. Source: Arakan Project, 2007.

211. Source: Ibid.

212. Source: “Indonesia to deport stranded Myanmar Muslims,” AFP, 5 May 2006.

213. Source: Arakan Project, 2007.

214. Source: Ibid.

215. Source: Ibid.

216. Source: Ibid.

217. Source: Ibid.

218. Source: Ibid.

219. Source: Ibid.

220. Source: Ibid.

221. Source: Ibid.

222. Source: Ibid.

223. Source: Asylum Seekers and Migrants at Risk of Violent Arrest, Overcrowded DetentionCenters and Inhumane Deportation, SUARAM, 1 November 2006.

224. Source: “Malaysia Malaise,” Irrawaddy. March 2007.

225. Sources: “Overview of the Situation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Malaysia,” SUARAM, delivered at the Regional Conference on the Protection of Refugees from Burma, 6-7 November 2003; “Malaysia’s Massive Crackdown on Migrants Sparks Rights Fears,” AFP, 30 January 2005; “U.N. Refugee Agency Worried Over Malaysia’s Migrant Crackdown,” AP, 4 March 2005.

226. Sources: Ibid.

227. Source: “Malaysia Warns Illegals: Amnesty Your Last Chance,” The Manila Times, 1 November 2004.

228. Source: “Illegal Workers Go into Hiding,” AP, 2 March 2005.

229. Source: Asylum Seekers and Migrants at Risk of Violent Arrest, Overcrowded DetentionCenters and Inhumane Deportation, SUARAM, 1 November 2006.

230. Source: "Burmese Workers Hiding in Malaysian Jungles," DVB, 1 August 2006.

231. Sources: “Chin Asylum Seekers from Burma Detained in Malaysia Immigration Raid,” CHRO, 5 October 2006; Asylum Seekers and Migrants at Risk of Violent Arrest, Overcrowded DetentionCenters and Inhumane Deportation, SUARAM, 1 November 2006.

232. Source: Violence, Brutality, Theft and Abuse of Power by RELA Personnel in Government's Ongoing Operations against Illegal Immigrants, SUARAM, 1 November 2006.

233. Source:  Ibid.

234. Sources: “Mon Migrant Dies in Dash for Freedom from Malaysia’s Crackdown,” Kaowao News, 5 September 2006; Violence, Brutality, Theft and Abuse of Power by RELA Personnel in Government’s Ongoing Operations against Illegal Immigrants, SUARAM, 1 November 2006.

235. Source: “20 Arrested, 200 Flee after Arakanese Youth Murders Malaysians,” Narinjara News, 4 September 2006.

236. Source: “Updateon Arrests of Chins in Malaysia,” CHRO, October 2006.

237. Source:  Violence, Brutality, Theft and Abuse of Power by RELA Personnel in Government’s Ongoing Operations against Illegal Immigrants, SUARAM, 1 November 2006.

238. Source: Malaysia, Civil and Political Rights Status Report 2006: Overview, SUARAM, December 2006.

239. Sources: “Mafia Network of Thai and Malay Target Illegal Workers,” Kaowao News, 20 July 2006; “Mon Migrant Dies in Dash for Freedom from Malaysia’s Crackdown,” Kaowao News, 5 September 2006.

240. Source: “Chin Asylum Seekers Held Captive by Thai Agents,” Chinland Guardian, 22 October 2006.

241. Source: “Malaysia Malaise,” Irrawaddy. March 2007.

242. Sources: “Minus Marks for Migrants’ Rights,” SUARAM, 18 Decmeber 2006; Swept Under the Rug: Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World, HRW, July 2006.

243. Source: Swept Under the Rug: Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World, HRW, July 2006.