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  • April 2008

    • US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

      Washington Post  |  Apr 18, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

      (Newser) - The downturn in the US economy is also hitting Mexico hard, the Washington Post reports. Money sent home from the US, known as remittances, dropped nearly 7% in January compared with the year before, the biggest plunge in 13 years, says the Mexican government. Without that money, the country's No. 2 source of foreign currency, many Mexicans can’t pay for basic needs. More »

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      US economy  • Mexico  • immigrant  • job market  • migrant workers

    • 54 Burmese Migrant Workers Suffocate in Border Crossing

      Reuters  |  Apr 10, 08 6:54 AM CDT

      54 Burmese Migrant Workers Suffocate in Border Crossing

      (Newser) - Police yesterday discovered the bodies of 54 Burmese migrant workers who suffocated in a truck heading across the border to Thailand. Workers crammed in the 7-by-20-foot space, almost all women, say when they finally managed to alert the driver, he fled. Each worker paid $314 to be smuggled into Thailand, according to some of the 67 travelers who survived the ordeal, reports CNN. More »

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      immigration  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Thailand  • illegal immigrant  • human trafficking  • migrant labor  • migrant workers

  • April 2007

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