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Subject: Burma-labour : Illegal Burmese workers arrested in Thailand


Burma-labour : Illegal Burmese workers arrested in Thailand

                            BANGKOK, March 20 (AFP) - Ninety-one Burmese who
fled fighting in Burma
                            were arrested in the northern Thai province of
Tak Thursday for illegally seeking
                            work, police said.

                            They were arrested in the province's Muang
district, located opposite territories of
                            ethnic Karen rebels facing an offensive by
Burmese government forces.

                            Some 20,000 who fled the fighting in Burma since
early February and made for the
                            Thai border are staying in camps or are
displaced along the frontier. A total of more
                            than 90,000 Karens are now staying in Thai camps.

                            Uncertain numbers of new refugees are believed
to have sought work in Thailand.

                            The government estimates some 700,000 illegal
immigrants are employed in
                            Thailand, most of them from Burma.