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Returning Migrant Workers Arrive in Taunggyi

By -Sai Hseng Leang Over 60 migrant workers arrived in Shan State's capital, Taunggyi, this Monday (September 21) from Mongla, in Burma's Special Region...

Chinese Border Town on Lockdown After Burmese Migrants Test Positive for COVID-19

Chinese authorities have locked down the city of Ruili in Yunnan Province after two Burmese migrants tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. The two...

Hundreds of Returning Workers from Thailand Cross Tachilek Friendship Bridge

Several hundred migrant workers returned from the Thai border town of Mae Sai this week, with many expected to return home again soon, said...

Out Of Work, Many Crossing Burma/Thai Border Illegally

Many residents of Burma's Shan State, out of work amid a lockdown, attempted to illegally cross the border in June seeking employment in Thailand. Sai...

Tachilek Accepts Hundreds Of Migrant Workers

The Government of Burma received hundreds of returnees this Wednesday (July 8) from the Thai border town of Mae Sai. Chan Myae Saw, who is...

Govt Tests Hundreds Of Migrant Workers For COVID-19

The government sent nearly 200 tissue samples taken from returning migrant workers from Thailand to the National Health Laboratory in Yangon. Dr Zawana, head of...

Burma Receives 187 Returnees From Thailand

Burma accepted 187 citizens back into the country who crossed the Friendship Bridge-2 last week from Mae Sai, in Thailand, to Tachilek in southern...

Burma Army Deploys Troops Near Shan IDP Camp

The Burma Army sent more than 500 soldiers into the area near the Loi Kaw Wan internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and the Restoration...

More than 40,000 Migrant Workers Return to Shan State

More than 40,000 migrant workers have returned to Shan State from China and Thailand through official border crossings since February, according to the state’s...

Shan State Tests COVID-19 Contact Tracing on Migrants Repatriated From Malaysia

Two Shan State residents currently in quarantine have been tested for COVID-19 after returning from Malaysia on the same flight as another man who...

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