26 Feb 2021 / 08:03 H. COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Thailand s Cambodian migrants Many have been criss-crossing border in search of work Landmines, border crackdowns and smugglers imperil journey Debts, fees charged by migrant brokers add to their woes
By Matt Blomberg
PHNOM PENH, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For the past two weeks, Cambodian migrant Mony Sunret has been hanging around an electrical workshop in the Thai province of Rayong, hoping to pick up odd jobs and save enough money to make a covert exit from Thailand.
Sunret, who recently returned to Thailand after leaving due to coronavirus restrictions last March, decided to flee once again when he found out his work permit was fake - putting him at risk from a government crackdown on undocumented workers.
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