# @afpphoto on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOCBm1DCFr
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:00:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AFP Photo (@afpphoto) — https://gondola.cc/afpphoto

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'Don't have to hide': Thai IDs, legal work give hope to Myanmar refugees⁣
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Next to a mound of black earth, Myanmar refugees feed soil and rice seed into a clacking conveyor machine that arranges them into ready-made planting trays for Thai farms.⁣
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The farmworkers are among their Thai boss's newest employees, with a fresh sense of job security after Thailand began permitting Myanmar refugees living in camps to work legally and granting them non-citizen identity cards.⁣
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After decades of being barred from leaving the camps and working legally, Myanmar refugees and their children began receiving non-citizen Thai ID cards in June, a step away from statelessness and towards gainful, legal employment.⁣
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Myanmar migrants have long toiled in neighbouring Thailand, but the country's civil war, triggered by a 2021 military coup, has sent even more fleeing across the border. ⁣
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Thailand's porous borders and reputation for religious and cultural tolerance have long drawn those seeking sanctuary, but Bangkok does not legally recognise refugees or offer asylum.⁣
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However, the government began authorising legal employment for longstanding refugees last year, with more than 5,500 refugees joining the workforce since October, UNHCR said in June.⁣
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📸 thelilyfish⁣
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