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Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese man sits behind a stall that sells beetle nut and Chinese ointments with a photo of jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the front of the display case in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Oct. 6. Some Thais refer to the area as Little Burma because of the large number of Burmese migrant workers who are employed in the town's fishing industry. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press

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Oct. 6, 2009 -- SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese man sits behind a stall that sells beetle nut and Chinese ointments with a photo of jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the front of the display case in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Oct. 6. Some Thais refer to the area as Little Burma because of the large number of Burmese migrant workers who are employed in the town's fishing industry. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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