here are appro
x
im
ately
143,000 refugees residing in Thailand
who have escaped political and
ethnic persecution in Myanm
a
r,
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but the vas
t
m
a
jority of
Bur
m
ese in
Thailand are econom
ic m
i
grants –
those who enter
seeking a better
lif
e, or sojo
urners ho
ping to send
rem
ittance hom
e
.
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Relative to
Bur
m
ese refugees, little study or at
tention has been paid to Bur
m
ese
m
i
grants an
d the liv
ing conditions they
face in Thailand.