Burmese Migrants in Thailand's Fishery

Thailand is one of the world's major fish-exporting countries, but it is Burmese fishermen who keep the industry alive.

Thailand's fishing industry is kept afloat by a massive influx of migrant labor from neighboring Burma. Both on the ships and in the fish processing plants, Burmese make up the majority of workers, doing jobs shunned by Thais. Fishermen are in especially high demand, working long hours for low wages, often risking life and limb to keep consumers around the world supplied with seafood.

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