Bad Cocktail: Burmese Migrants and the Thai Shrimp Industry

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Jason Motlagh
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Thazin Mon and her father in Samut Sakhon province in Thailand. To help support her Burmese migrant family, the 14-year-old worked in a small peeling shed where she was beaten and forced to pull 16-hour shifts, seven days a week, for less than $3 a day. Image by Jason Motlagh. Thailand, 2012.

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America's appetite for inexpensive shrimp from Southeast Asia is growing, but at what cost? In...

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A family sorts shrimp at an open-air distribution center in Mahachai, the capital of Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province. Labor abuse is most common in unregistered peeling sheds that line area backroads. Image by Jason Motlagh. Thailand, 2012.

America's appetite for inexpensive shrimp from Southeast Asia is growing, but at what cost? In Thailand, illegal and abusive labor practices go unchecked to feed a booming demand. Jason Motlagh gives us a closer look at the Burmese migrants who are the backbone of the industry.

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