Uncertain future: Children’s rights campaigners said school closures had drawn many migrant students into illegal, low-paid work just as the Covid-19 pandemic raises the risk of child labour. — AFP
CHIT Su has been stuck at home peeling crabs with her grandmother since her school for Burmese migrants closed last year in southern Thailand. Even working together, they make less than a daily minimum wage.
Ten such schools in Ranong province shut after an August 2019 raid by Thai officials that targeted Burmese teachers without proper work permits, and advocates say the closures have driven many former pupils into illegal seafood industry jobs.
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