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30 APRIL 2013 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese crewman with a pattern of thanaka powder on his face sorts and grades fresh caught mackerel in Mahachai, Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day. There have also been reports that some Burmese workers are abused and held in slavery like conditions in the Thai fishing industry. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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30 APRIL 2013 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese crewman with a pattern of thanaka powder on his face sorts and grades fresh caught mackerel in Mahachai, Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. The Thai fishing industry is heavily reliant on Burmese and Cambodian migrants. Burmese migrants crew many of the fishing boats that sail out of Samut Sakhon and staff many of the fish processing plants in Samut Sakhon, about 45 miles south of Bangkok. Migrants pay as much $700 (US) each to be smuggled from the Burmese border to Samut Sakhon for jobs that pay less than $5.00 (US) per day. There have also been reports that some Burmese workers are abused and held in slavery like conditions in the Thai fishing industry. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ