Thailand grants some Myanmar refugees right to legal work


FILE PHOTO: A view of Mae La refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border at Tha Song Yang district, Tak Province, a Thai-Myanmar border province, February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand will give legal employment rights to thousands of Myanmar refugees now living in camps along the border between the two countries, the government said on Wednesday, a move that won the praise of the United Nations' refugee agency.

The policy change will grant the right to legal work in Thailand to around 80,000 refugees, many of whom have been living in the camps for more than 40 years, the government said.

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