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25 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: The children of Burmese migrants take classes at the Blue Sky School near the garbage dump in Mae Sot, Thailand. The students at the school are all the children of Burmese migrants who work in the garbage dump, sorting and selling what they find amid the trash. 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: The children of Burmese migrants take classes at the Blue Sky School near the garbage dump in Mae Sot, Thailand. The students at the school are all the children of Burmese migrants who work in the garbage dump, sorting and selling what they find amid the trash. 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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