Arakanese Migrant Workers are facing an uncertain future after being sacked from their jobs in Thailand

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BKK, April 6: "Many Arakanese Migrant workers employed by Thai fishing companies are now finding their survival under threat as they have been sacked from their jobs following the petrol crisis in Thailand. An Arakanese fisherman, employed at a company in Chumphon, said ?Yes, it is true that the fishery workers are being dismissed from their jobs because many Thai fishing trawlers have been forced to stop their work at present. This is due to the increase in petrol prices which mean that they can?t afford the fuel.” The fishery companies have therefore sacked a number of fishery workers, especially those who were working on fishing trawlers as they have been hit particularly hard by the crisis in the fishery sector..."

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Aung Kyaw Tun

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Narinjara News

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2005-04-06

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2005-04-23

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