http://bladepicturecompany.com/categories.php?cat_id=230 According to government statistics, there are at least two million Burmese nationals working in Thailand; at least three fourth of them are illegal.
This status and the lack of connection forces many people to live at a large rubbish dump just outside of Mae Sot. By collecting recyclable materials, people can make about 100 baht (2.5 ?) per day.
At present, approximately fifty families are living in bamboo huts built on mountains of waste. Before the waste arrives at the dump, it already has passed through a double sorting process, which makes it difficult for these families to salvage resalable material.

Photo documentary by Italian photographer Vincenzo Floramo

Another story regarding the plight of Burmese migrants in Thailand, by John Hulme ,
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