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1. Source: Caught Between Two Hells: The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China, BWU, 2007.

2. Source: Ibid.

3. Source: Forced Migration / Internal Displacement in Burma – With an Emphasis on Government-Controlled Areas, Andrew Bosson, for the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, May 2007.

4. Source: Caught Between Two Hells: The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China, BWU, 2007.

5. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue No 4, 30 April 2007.

6. Source: In the Balance: Salween dams threaten downstream communities in Burma, MYPO, 2007.

7. Source: Ibid.

8. Source: “Tales from the Land in Between,” Irrawaddy, 1 November 2007.

9. Source: TBBC Programme Report January to June 2007, TBBC, June 2007.

10. Source: “Desperate Burmese Labor in Thailand,” Wall Street Journal Online, 13 October 2007.

11. Source: Ibid.

12. Source: Ibid.

13. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices – 2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labour, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

14. Source: “80,000 to 1 Mln Burmese Workers Here,” Bangkok Post, 22 February 2007.

15. Source: “U.S. Flays Burma for Doing Little To Stop Human Trafficking,” Mizzima News, 13 June 2007.

16. Source: “Fresh Batch of Rohingya Detained In Thailand,” Mizzima News, 2 February 2007.

17. Source: “Myanmar Says U.S. Human Trafficking Report Disappointing,” AP, 18 June 2007.

18. Source: Trafficking in Persons Report: Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State, 12 June 2007.

19. Source: Ibid.

20. Source: The Mekong Challenge : Working Day and Night : The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand : Part of a series of studies on human trafficking and labour migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region; The Federation of Trade Unions – Burma (FFTUB) Migrants Section with Philip S. Robertson Jr., Editor; Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, International Labour Organisation, 2006.

21. Source: “Flow of Migration Increases Despite Tight Border Controls,” Kaowao News, 1 May 2007.

22. Source: “New Army Check Point Extorts Money from TPP Villagers,” IMNA, 9 April 2007.

23. Source: “Migrant Sent To Jail in Thailand after Vehicle Hits Electric Pole,” IMNA, 25 April 2007.

24. Source: Ibid.

25. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices – 2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labour, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

26. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean, May 2007.

27. Source: “Flow of Migration Increases Despite Tight Border Controls,” Kaowao News, 1 May 2007.

28. Source: “Government Employees Fight Like Alley Cats Over Spoils,” IMNA, 15 May 2007.

29. Source: “Three Women from Burma Raped by Thai Broker and Robbers,” KNG, 5 November 2007.

30. Source: “Desperate Burmese Labor in Thailand,” Wall Street Journal Online, 13 October 2007.

31. Source: “Computerised Border Checking System Installed in Thailand,” Mizzima News, 14 June 2007.

32. Source: “A hard but profitable life in Mae Sot market,” Irrawaddy, 14 August 2007.

33. Source: “Burma Blamed For Verification Process Failure,” Bangkok Post, 2 August 2007.

34. Source: “‘Drop Nationality of Illegal Workers from Burma,’ Say Activists,” Irrawaddy, 4 July 2007.

35. Source: “Corruption Spotlight Falls on Burma’s Civil Servants,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

36. Source: “Migrant Policy Could Be Better,” Bangkok Post, 28 December 2007.

37. Source: “Asean Declaration Urges More Migrant Worker Rights,” Irrawaddy, 11 July 2007.

38. Source: “Burmese Migrant Worker Registration Hits Snags,” Irrawaddy, 24 April 2007.

39. Source: “Burmese Migrant Participate in May Day Celebrations,” Network Media Group, 1 May 2007; “Decrees on Migrant Workers in Southern Thailand Impede Basic Human Rights,” Mizzima News, 3 August 2007.

40. Source: “Provincial Restrictions on Migrant Workers Called Human Rights Violation,” Irrawaddy, 30 April 2007.

41. Source: “Burmese Migrant Participate in May Day Celebrations,” Network Media Group, 1 May 2007.

42. Source: “Burmese Migrants Demand Scrapping of New Strict Law in Chiang Mai,” Network Media Group, 11 May 2007.

43. Source: “Thai Students Create Online Petition to Support Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 22 August 2007.

44. Source: “Petition Opposes Provincial Decrees Aimed at Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 30 August 2007.

45. Source: “Appeal for Balanced Reporting on Thailand’s Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 24 October 2007.

46. Source: “Many Mon Arrested in Shrimp Raids,” Kaowao News, 31 October 2007.

47. Source: “Pregnant Migrant Workers Fear Repatriation from Thailand,” Irrawaddy, 26 November 2007.

48. Source: “Thai Governor Calls for Controls over Migrant Worker,” Irrawaddy, 6 November 2007; “Migrant Worker Rights Dissolving,” Kaowao News, 14 November 2007.

49. Source: “Thai Mon Slam Samut Sakhon Governor’s Order,” Kaowao News, 12 November 2007.

50. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 7, Altsean, July 2007.

51. Source: “Burma Blamed For Verification Process Failure,” Bangkok Post, 2 August 2007.

52. Source: “Burmese Workers without Registration Dismissed from Jobs,” IMNA, 12 July 2007.

53. Source: “Burmese Migrant Workers Arrested in Thailand,” IMNA, 31 October 2007.

54. Source: “Ten Thousand New Burmese Migrants to Be Allowed Into Thailand,” IMNA, 31 January 2007.

55. Burma Bulletin, Issue 1, Altsean, January 2007.

56. Source: “Thailand Needs More Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, October 2007.

57. Source: “Labour Discrimination Still Strong in Asia-Pacific, Says ILO,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007.

58. Source: “In A Thai Border Town, Burmese Workers Toil in Penury,” Reuters, 5 June 2007.

59. Source: The Mekong Challenge : Working Day and Night : The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand : Part of a series of studies on human trafficking and labour migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region; The Federation of Trade Unions – Burma (FFTUB) Migrants Section with Philip S. Robertson Jr., Editor; Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, International Labour Organisation, 2006.

60. Source: Ibid.

61. Source: Ibid.

62. Source: “Burmese Women Workers Divided between Two Hells: WLB,” IMNA, 19 December 2007.

63. Source: Caught Between Two Hells: The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China, BWU, 2007.

64. Source: “Burmese Migrant Killed in Central Thailand,” Irrawaddy, 10 August 2007.

65. Source: “Employer Refuses to Pay, Gets Workers Arrested In Thailand,” IMNA, 25 November 2007.

66. Source: “Three Burmese Workers in Thailand Poisoned by Employer,” KNG, 30 October 2007.

67. Source: “Two Arakhanese are killed in ChonePhaw,” New Era Journal, 28 December 2007. Translation by HRDU.

68. Source: “Four Women Migrant Workers Were Granted almost 400,000 Baht Compensation,” 7 August 2007. Information provided and translated by HRDU.

69. Source: “Padaung Women are Arrested,” Khaingpyaing, 22 November 2007.  Translation by HRDU.

70. Source: “Paduang ‘Long-necks’ Ordered to Relocate to Draw More Tourists,” Irrawaddy, 14 September 2007.

71. Source: “Experts Call for Improved Health Care along Burma’s Borders,” Irrawaddy, 26 January 2007.

72. Source: Ibid.

73. Source: Ibid.

74. Source: The Gathering Storm – Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma, The Human Rights Center, University of California Berkeley & The Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, July 2007.

75. Source: Ibid.

76. Source: “Malaria, Drug-Resistant TB Flourish in Myanmar,” Reuters, 30 May 2007.

77. Source: “Thailand Increases Malaria Treatment Units along Burma Border,” Irrawaddy, 23 August 2007.

78. Source: “Malaria, Drug-Resistant TB Flourish in Myanmar,” Reuters, 30 May 2007.

79. Source: “Cholera Outbreaks Continue on Thai-Burmese Border,” Irrawaddy, 1 August 2007.

80. Source: “One Death in Mae La Cholera Outbreak,” Irrawaddy, 9 August 2007.

81. Source: “Why Young Shan Migrants Enter Thailand’s Sex Scene,” Irrawaddy, 1 May 2007.

82. Source: Ibid.

83. Source: Ibid.

84. Source: “HIV doesn’t Recognise Burmese Traditions,” Integrated Regional Information Network via Irrawaddy, 28 November 2007.

85. Source “Thailand’s Unprotected, Uninformed Migrant Workers,” Integrated Regional Information Network via Irrawaddy, 13 November 2007.

86. Source: Caught Between Two Hells: The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China, BWU, 2007.

87. Source: Ibid.

88. Source: Ibid.

89. Source: “Decrees on Migrant Workers in Southern Thailand Impede Basic Human Rights,” Mizzima News, 3 August 2007.

90. Source: “Clinic Founder to Receive Award,” Taipei Times, 23 November 2007.

91. Source: “Asean Declaration Urges More Migrant Worker Rights,” Irrawaddy, 11 July 2007.

92. Source: Ibid.

93. Source: “Schools Closed as Fighting Continues in Karen State,” DVB, 10 July 2007.

94. Source: “Number of ‘Stateless’ Burmese Children Rises in Thailand,” DVB, 13 July 2007.

95. Source: “Myanmar’s Abandoned Children Ending up in Thai Border Town,” AFP, 30 September 2007.

96. Source: The Mekong Challenge : Working Day and Night : The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand : Part of a series of studies on human trafficking and labour migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region; The Federation of Trade Unions – Burma (FFTUB) Migrants Section with Philip S. Robertson Jr., Editor; Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, International Labour Organisation, 2006.

97. Source: Ibid.

98. Source: Ibid.

99. Source: Ibid.

100. Source: “Myanmar Woes Raise Fears of New Migration to Thailand,” AFP, 7 December 2007.

101. Source: The Mekong Challenge : Working Day and Night : The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand : Part of a series of studies on human trafficking and labour migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region; The Federation of Trade Unions – Burma (FFTUB) Migrants Section with Philip S. Robertson Jr., Editor; Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, International Labour Organisation, 2006.

102. Source: Ibid.

103. Source: Ibid.

104. Source: Ibid.

105. Source: Ibid.

106. Source: “Asean Charter Skirts Rights for Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 21 November 2007.

107. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices – 2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labour, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

108. Source: “For Pro-junta Militia, Migrant Workers Are Useful Cash Cows,” Irrawaddy, 3 August 2007.

109. Source: Ibid.

110. Source: Ibid.

111. Source: Ibid.

112. Source: “An Open Boat to Nowhere,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

113. Source: “Burmese Migrant Workers Arrested in Thailand,” IMNA, 31 October 2007.

114. Source: “Unregistered Burmese Workers Detained in Thailand,” IMNA, 19 July 2007.

115. Source: “Burmese Migrants Arrested in Mae Sot,” Network Media Group, 9 May 2007.

116. Source: “Protest March against Burmese Junta in Chiang Mai,” KNG, 6 October 2007.

117. Source: “Demonstration against China in Chiang Mai,” KNG, 4 October 2007.

118. Source: “Burmese Migrants in Thailand Donate Two Million Kyats,” KNG, 15 October 2007.

119. Source: “Burmese Monks in Bangkok Protest for supporting the Pakokku Monks,” Network Media Group, 1 November 2007, translation by HRDU.

120. Source: “Activists Protest outside Burmese Embassy over Sealing of Monastery,” Mizzima News, 3 December 2007.

121. Source: Ibid.

122. Source: “Ban Ki-Moon Asked To Initiate Concrete Steps on Burma on Human Rights Day,” Mizzima News, 10 December 2007.

123. Source: “Illegal Burmese Migrants Face Trial in Chiang Rai,” Irrawaddy, 9 January 2007.

124. Source: Ibid.

125. Source: “More Rohingya Boat People Arrested in Thai Waters,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

126. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 2, Altsean, February 2007.

127. Source: Ibid.

128. Source: “Thai Authorities Target Burmese Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 15 February 2007.

129. Source: “Dozens Of Burmese Migrants Arrested In Chiang Mai,” Mizzima News, 22 February 2007.

130. Source: “More Rohingya Boat People Landed In Thai Soil,” Kaladan News, 5 April 2007.

131. Source: “123 Rohingya Men Forced Back to Burma by Thai Authorities,” Kaladan News, 9 April 2007.

132. Source: “Myanmar Worker Beheaded in Thailand’s Muslim south,” AFP, 12 March 2007.

133. Source: “More Rohingya Boat People Detained in Thai Waters,” Irrawaddy, 4 April 2007.

134. Source: “Migrant Sent To Jail in Thailand after Vehicle Hits Electric Pole” IMNA, 25 April 2007.

135. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean, May 2007.

136. Source: “Four Burmese Migrants Killed in Car Crash While Entering Thailand,” IMNA, 7 May 2007.

137. Source: Ibid.

138. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean, May 2007.

139. Source: “Burmese Migrants Arrested in Maesot,” Network Media Group, 9 May 2007.

140. Source: “Thai Authorities Arrest Hundred of Burmese Migrant Workers,” Irrawaddy, 10 May 2007.

141. Source: “Ten Burmese Migrants Dead in Ferry Sinking,” Irrawaddy, 1 August 2007.

142. Source: “First ‘XDR’ TB Cases Found In Myanmar Migrants,” Reuters, 11 June 2007.

143. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 7, Altsean, July 2007.

144. Source: “Burmese Worker Presumed Drowned During Thai Police Raid,” Irrawaddy, 11 July 2007.

145. Source: “Thai Police Arrest Migrant Workers Using Gas,” Network Media Group, 14 July 2007.

146. Source: “Burmese Police Detain Chin Nationals in Monastery,” Khonumthung, 03 August 2007.

147. Source: “Unregistered Burmese Workers Detained in Thailand,” IMNA, 19 July 2007.

148. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 5, Altsean, May 2007.

149. Source: “Boat Overturns Killing 10 Illegal Migrants to Thailand,” IMNA, 31 July 2007; “Ten Burmese Migrants Dead in Ferry Sinking,” Irrawaddy, 1 August 2007.

150. Source: “Thai Police Raids Net More than 500 Illegal Burmese Migrants, Irrawaddy, 17 August 2007.

151. Source: “Thailand, Burma Agree to Close Ports on Moei River,” Irrawaddy, 12 September 2007.

152. Source: “Over 1200 Burmese Migrants Rounded Up in Thailand,” Mizzima News, 31 October 2007; “1000 Migrant Workers Arrested In Thailand,” DVB, 1 November 2007.

153. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 11, Altsean, November 2007.

154. Source: Ibid.

155. Source: Ibid.

156. Source: “7 Myanmar migrants killed,” Daily Times, 26 November 2007; Burma Bulletin, Issue 11, Altsean, November 2007.

157. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 11, Altsean, November 2007.

158. Source: “Thai Police Raided into Industry at Mae Sot, Over 300 Workers Including Youth Arrested,” Khun Aung Myat, 21 December 2007, translation by HRDU.

159. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 12, Altsean, December 2007.

160. Source: “Burmese Workers in Thailand Boycott Employer,” KNG, 26 December 2007.

161. Source: “Students Face Threat of Thai Security Crackdown,” Kaowao News, 28 December 2007.

162. Source: We Built This City: Workers from Burma at Risk in Malaysia, Project Maje, July 2007.

163. Source: “Malaysia Malaise,” Irrawaddy, 1 March 2007.

164. Source: We Built This City: Workers from Burma at Risk in Malaysia, Project Maje, July 2007.

165. Source: Ibid.

166. Source: “Malaysia Malaise,” Irrawaddy, 1 March 2007.

167. Source: Refugees International Bulletin, 23 May 2007.

168. Source: "Malaysian Authorities Arrest Undocumented Myanmar Workers," Khonumthung News, 5 May 2007.

169. Source: “Malaysia Malaise,” Irrawaddy, 1 March 2007.

170. Source: Refugees International Bulletin, Refugees International, 23 May 2007.

171. Source: “Malaysia Needs to Recognise Burmese Migrant Labour: Report,” Mizzima News, 13 August 2007.

172. Source: We Built This City: Workers from Burma at Risk in Malaysia, Project Maje, July 2007.

173. Source: “Amid Uproar, Malaysia Back Away From Proposal to Confine Foreign Workers – En-Lai Yeoh,” AP, 21 February 2007.

174. Source: “More Chin Refugees Rounded Up In Malaysia Immigration Raids,” CHRO, 31 July 2007.

175. Source: “Over 2000 Burmese Refugees and Migrants Detained in Malaysia,” Mizzima News, 11 April 2007.

176. Source: “Human Rights Watch Urges Malaysia to Disband Volunteer Corps, Citing Abuse,” AP, 9 May 2007.

177. Source: “Malaysia Cracks Down on Burmese Migrants,” Khonumthung, 2 July 2007.

178. Source: Refugees International Bulletin, Refugees International, 23 May 2007.

179. Source: “UN Urges Malaysians to Stop Looking at Refugees as Criminals,” Irrawaddy, 8 March 2007.

180. Source: “Malaysia Says It Does Not Recognise Refugees to Prevent Flood of Economic Migrants,” AP, 9 March 2007

181. Source: “Malaysia Malaise,” Irrawaddy, 1 March 2007.

182. Source: “Malaysia Should Recognise Burmese Refugees: CHRO,” Mizzima News, 20 April 2007.

183. Source: “Malaysian Urged to Stop Rounding Up Myanmar Refugees,” Khonumthung, 5 July 2007.

184. Source: Ibid.

185. Source: We Built This City: Workers from Burma at Risk in Malaysia, Project Maje, July 2007.

186. Source: “An Open Boat to Nowhere,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

187. Source: “Malaysia Nabs Myanmar Illegals with No Food, Water,” AFP, 6 March 2007; “Free Myanmar Migrants, Rights Group Urges Malaysia,” AFP, 7 March 2007; “Malaysia Urged to Free Rohingya Migrants,” Kaladan News, 10 March 2007.

188. Source: “Refugee Voices: Burmese Karen Woman in Malaysia,” Refugees International, 6 June 2007.

189. Source: “40 Myanmar Illegal Held,” New Straits Times, 14 August 2007.

190. Source: “Ferry Hits Fishing Boat; 45 Chins Missing,” Khonumthung, 21 December 2007.

191. Source: “Burmese Woman’s Freedom Leap Highlights Malaysian Abuses,” Irrawaddy, 8 November 2007.

192. Source: Ibid.

193. Source: “Myanmar Refugees Face Wretched Existence in Malaysia,” AFP, 19 December 2007.

194. Source: “Increasing Dependence on Drugs by Burmese Migrant Workers in Malaysia,” IMNA, 26 April 2007.

195. Source: “Burmese in Malaysia Urge Protesters Back Home Not to Give Up,” Irrawaddy, 2 October 2007.

196. Source: “Burmese People Protest again in Malaysia,” Network Media Group, 4 October 2007. Translated by HRDU.

197. Source: “Various Ethnic Groups Join together and Protest,” Network Media Group, 2 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

198. Source:  Article accessed at:  http://sunsite.nus.sg/SEAlinks/burma-info.html, December 2007.

199. Source: "Nine Burmese Workers Deported" Khonumthung, 23 May 2007; “Lives of Detained Burmese at Risk, If Deported By India: AI,” Mizzima News, 11 October 2007.

200. Source: Article accessed at: http://eng.chro.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=23, November 2007.

201. Source: “Burmese migrants told to leave South Mizoram town,” Mizzima News, 16 January 2007; “Strict Check on Burmese Visitors after Murder of Five in Mizoram,” Khonumthung, 27 March 2007.

202. Source: “Burmese Woman Brutally Murdered in Mizoram,” Mizzima News, 12 June 2007.

203. Source: “Rohingya Refugees Cornered In Bangladesh,” Kaladan News, 26 April 2007.

204. Source: “Western Burmese Border on High Alert after Report,” Narinjara News, 25 April 2007.

205. Source: “Rohingya Refugees Cornered In Bangladesh,” Kaladan News, 26 April 2007.

206. Source: “Nine Burmese Nationals Arrested in Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 16 January 2007.

207. Source: “Bangladesh-Burma Border Sealed Off,” Narinjara News, 25 January 2007.

208. Source: “Border Patrols Intensified To Prevent Rohingya Intrusion,” Kaladan News, 28 January 2007.

209. Source: “25 Burmese Muslim Intruders Arrest in Two Days,” Narinjara News, 1 February 2007; “25 Rohingya Held in Teknaf, Bangladesh Border,” Kaladan News, 1 February 2007.

210. Source: “More Burmese Arrested in Teknaf, Bangladesh,” Kaladan News, 4 February 2007.

211. Source: “8-Burma Citizen Rescued, 3 Alleged Traffickers Nabbed in Cox’s Bazar,” Kaladan News, 18 January 2007.

212. Source: “11 Burmese Citizens Arrested in Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 30 June 2007.

213. Source: “Five Burmese Muslim Youth Arrested in Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 31 July 2007.

214. Source: “Five Burmese Nationals Arrested By BDR,” Kaladan News, 22 November 2007.

215. Source: “Fourteen Migrants Pushed Back to Burma,” Narinjara News, 29 December 2007.

216. Source: “10 Burmese Arrested on Way to Malaysia,” Narinjara News, 21 March 2007.

217. Source: “Twelve Rohingya Arrested in Cox’s Bazaar,” Kaladan News, 17 February 2007.

218. Source: “Seven Boat-People Arrested in Cox’s Bazaar,” Kaladan News, 25 November 2007.

219. Source: “Nine Burmese Nationals Arrested in Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 16 January 2007.

220. Source: “Six Arrested, 33 Escape in Raid on Bangladesh Border,” Narinjara News, 28 January 2007.

221. Source: “7 Bangladeshis Sentenced to 5 years with 48 Burmese,” Narinjara News, 2 May 2007.

222. Source: “Bangladeshis among Boatmen Arrested by Nasaka,” Narinjara News, 2 January 2007.

223. Source: “Twelve Rohingya Arrested in Cox’s Bazaar,” Kaladan News, 17 February 2007.

224. Source: “12 Burmese Muslims Arrested in Bangladesh on Way to Malaysia,” Narinjara News, 16 February 2007.

225. Source: “10 Burmese Arrested on Way to Malaysia,” Narinjara News, 21 March 2007.

226. Source: “Seven Boat-People Arrested in Cox’s Bazaar,” Kaladan News, 25 November 2007.

227. Source: “Many Boat-People Missing, One Dies as Trawler Sinks in Bay,” Kaladan News, 26 November 2007.

228. Source: “Ferry Sinks in Bangladeshi Waters,” DVB, 30 November 2007.

229. Source: “11 Bodies Found after Trafficking Ferry Sinks,” Narinjara News, 27 November 2007.

230. Source: “Boat Sinks off Bangladesh, near Burmese Waters,” Irrawaddy, 26 November 2007.

231. Source: “69 Shipwreck Victims Migrants, Not Fishermen: Police Officer,” Narinjara News, 1 December 2007.

232. Source: “Thirty Five Burmese Nationals Arrested In Cox’s Bazar,” Kaladan News, 10 December 2007.

233. Source: Burma Bulletin, Issue 12, Altsean, December 2007.

234. Source: “32 Burmese Arrested for Illegally Entering Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 12 December 2007.

235. Source: “Burmese In Bangladesh Protests Against Junta,” Mizzima News, 2 October 2007.

236. Source: “Monks Protest at Embassy in Dhaka,” Narinjara News, 7 October 2007.

237. Source: “Burmese Exiles in Dhaka Stage Demonstration for 34 Comrades,” Narinjara News, 12 December 2007.

238. Source: The Gathering Storm – Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma, The Human Rights Center, University of California Berkeley & The Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, July 2007.

239. Source: Ibid.

240. Source: “Burmese Women Used as Sex Slaves in Chinese Night Club,” KNG, 9 November 2007.

241. Source: Caught Between Two Hells: The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China, BWU, 2007.

242. Source: Ibid.

243. Source: Ibid.

244. Source: Ibid.

245. Source: Ibid.

246. Source: Ibid.

247. Source: “Burmese in Japan in a Spot over Remitting Money Home,” Mizzima News, 14 December 2007.

248. Source: “Crew of Ship Hijacked off Somalia is Safe, Captain Tells Japanese Owner,” Irrawaddy, 2 November 2007.

249. Source: “Burmese Seamen on Tanker Held by Somali Pirates,” Irrawaddy, 1 November 2007.

250. Source: “Burmese in Exile Demonstrate on Human Rights Day,” KNG, 10 December 2007.

251. Source: “South Korea to Admit Burmese Workers under Employment Permit System,” Myanmar Times via BBC, 14 August 2007.

252. Source: “One Year in S. Korean Detention Center Unfair, says Burmese Woman,” Irrawaddy, 17 August 2007.

253. Source: “Saudi Arabia Wants to Deport 267 Rohingya to Bangladesh,” Narinjara News, 12 August 2007.

254. Source: “Lion City Lament,” Irrawaddy, 1 March 2007.

255. Source: “Myanmar Citizens Mount Protest at ASEAN Summit,” AFP, 20 November 2007.

256. Source: Ibid.

257. Source: Ibid.

258. Source: “Singapore Immigration Calls in Burmese Demonstrators,” Irrawaddy, 3 September 2007.

259. Source: “2 Myanmar Nationals Nabbed Trying to Smuggle Out of S’pore,” Straits Times, 30 November 2007.

260. Source: The Mon Forum, Issue 3, 31 March 2007.

261. Source: “Burmese Workers Protests Double Taxation in Singapore,” Irrawaddy, 22 January 2007; “Campaigners Call For End To Double Taxation In Singapore,” Mizzima News, 22 January 2007.

262. Source: “Double Tax Campaigner’s Despatch Letter to Burmese Embassy in Singapore,” Mizzima News, 25 January 2007.

263. Source: “Rolling the Dice for Freedom,” Irrawaddy, 1 June 2007.

264. Source: “Bergenfield Man Sent Money to Burma in Violation of U.S. Restrictions,” North Jersey News, 13 December 2007.



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