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Podcast: Insight Myanmar
Episode: Far From Home
Description: Episode #439: âThe key human rights issue within Thailand and more broadly within the region is migration related,â says Ben Harkins, a veteran labor rights and migration expert who has spent over seventeen years working across Southeast Asia. From refugee camps to industrial zones, Harkins has witnessed how migration has become both a lifeline and a trapâan act of survival in systems built on exploitation. He began his career along the Thai-Myanmar border in the 2000s, where tens of thousands of Karen and other ethnic minorities lived in sprawling camps after fleeing conflict. âIt's only been this year, in fact...