thailand
RIGHT TO PLAY OF CHILDREN IN MIGRANT WORKERS’ COMMUNITIES IN THAILAND IN AMPHOE MUANG, AMPHOE PHRA PADAENG, SAMUT PRAKARN PROVINCE, AND AMPHOE MAE SOT, TAK PROVINCE, THAILAND BY KHEMPORN WIRUNRAPAN, PRASOPSUK BORANMOOL, KRONGKAEW CHAIARKHOM, SRIBUA KANTHAWONG
The past 30 years saw flows of neighbouring nationals migrating into Thailand from Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR to seek paid employment. Some of the migrants came through legal channels; others have been smuggled in; some of them are victims of trafficking. Migrants create living quarters and many came with their children. While many children of migrants are born on Thai soil, these children live their whole lives in crisis as some of them do not possess nationality papers resulting in profound problems of statelessness, lack of access to education, health care and safe environments. Their basic right to play, among others, is deprived. 16
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