Suu Kyi Visit to Thailand Spotlights Myanmar Migrant Plight

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24 June 2016 10:18 WIB

Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi leaves a meeting with migrant workers at the coastal fishery centre of Samut Sakhon, Thailand June 23, 2016. Hundreds of migrants from Myanmar gave Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi a thunderous welcome to neighbouring Thailand on Thursday on her first visit since her National League for Democracy swept to election victory in November. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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Migrant workers, supporters of Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, arrive to meet her at the coastal fishery centre of Samut Sakhon, Thailand June 23, 2016. Thailand is home to between two and three million migrant workers from Myanmar, many of whom perform back-breaking jobs most Thais are unwilling to do. Her visit has prompted renewed calls for better protection of migrant workers, many of whom are undocumented and whom rights groups say are vulnerable to abuse. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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Migrant workers supporting Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi wait to meet her at the coastal fishery centre of Samut Sakhon, Thailand June 23, 2016. Suu Kyi and Thai junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha will on Friday sign a memorandum of understanding to help Myanmar migrants work legally in Thailand, according to a Thai government document distributed before the visit. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi listens to a question from a migrant worker during a meeting with migrant workers at the coastal fishery centre of Samut Sakhon, outside Bangkok, Thailand June 23, 2016. Hundreds of migrants from Myanmar gave Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi a thunderous welcome to neighbouring Thailand on Thursday on her first visit since her National League for Democracy swept to election victory in November. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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Migrant workers supporting Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi wait to see her past during a meeting at the coastal fishery centre of Samut Sakhon, outside Bangkok, Thailand June 23, 2016. Her visit has prompted renewed calls for better protection of migrant workers, many of whom are undocumented and whom rights groups say are vulnerable to abuse. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

24 Juni 2016 00:00 WIB

Migrant workers supporting Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi wave to her during a meeting at the coastal fishery centre of Samut Sakhon, outside Bangkok, Thailand. Suu Kyi and Thai junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha will on Friday sign a memorandum of understanding to help Myanmar migrants work legally in Thailand, according to a Thai government document distributed before the visit. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

24 Juni 2016 00:00 WIB