Live Breaking News & Updates on நிகோலா பைபர்

Stay updated with breaking news from நிகோலா பைபர். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

'How will they survive?': Myanmar coup cuts lifeline for migrants' families


 
Thomson Reuters Foundation, The New York Times 
Published: 03 Mar 2021 06:07 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Mar 2021 06:09 PM BdST
Myanmar citizens living in India shout slogans as they burn a poster of Myanmar s army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during a protest, organised by Chin Refugee Committee, against the military coup in Myanmar, in New Delhi, India, March 3, 2021. REUTERS/
Since arriving in Thailand a few years ago, Myanmar migrant worker Own Mar Shwe had been sending money home every month for her family to buy food and medicine.
);
}
That came to an abrupt halt last month.
Like millions of Myanmar migrants who work abroad and send their earnings back home to dependents, the Feb 1 coup has cut a lifeline for her family with bank and remittance services heavily disrupted. ....

Krung Thep Mahanakhon , New York , United States , Kuala Lumpur , Samut Sakhon , Mar Shwe , Nicola Piper , Benjamin Harkins , Suu Kyi , International Money , Western Union , York Times News Service , World Bank , United Nations , Queen Mary University Of London , Food Security Fund , Siam Commercial Bank , Thomson Reuters Foundation , Wave Money , Aung San Suu Kyi , International Money Transfer , Queen Mary University , York Times News , Myanmar Coup , Migrants Workers , Makeshift Shields ,