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25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese migrant farm workers plant corn on a farm owned by a Thai farmer near Mae Sot, Thailand. One of the workers said all of the farm workers in the area were Burmese because Thais wouldn't do the work. There are millions of Burmese migrant workers and refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press

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25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Burmese migrant farm workers plant corn on a farm owned by a Thai farmer near Mae Sot, Thailand. One of the workers said all of the farm workers in the area were Burmese because Thais wouldn't do the work. There are millions of Burmese migrant workers and refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity. Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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