"Abstract. It is estimated that over 2.2 million people from Myanmar have decided to flee the tyranny of the military government in their home country and cross the porous Thai-Burmese border.1 Upon doing so, most Burmese migrants find work that most Thais refuse to partake in. These jobs, known to many as "dirty, dangerous, and degrading" or "3-D jobs," include working in garment factories, fisheries, and sweatshops in which beating and modern-day slavery are hardly uncommon.2 In 2005, Burmese migrant workers comprised 80% of all migrant workers in Thailand.3 Yet by 2009, Burmese migrant workers earned less than half of Thailand?s legal minimum wage (133 baht per day).4 Given the dire conditions that Burmese migrant workers face in Thailand one might expect the Thai government to step in and enforce national worker protection standards.5 Yet while the Thai Royal Government has established a number of registration processes in order to provide a path to legalization and protection under national law for migrant workers, these processes are poorly designed, feebly administered, and rarely implemented.6 In the aftermath of the 2008 economic downturn and with the appreciation of the kyat in comparison to the baht, Burmese migrant workers may begin to face even harsher working conditions, lower wages, and higher pressures to join the "3-D job market." Burmese migrant workers? children fare no better than their parents in Thailand, as educationcontinues to remain limited to them..."