Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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Three million Burmese working abroad, says govt

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Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:50 Khin Myo Thwe

Some three million Burmese are currently working abroad—the vast majority in neighboring Thailand, according to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.

The Ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, December 18, at a ceremony at the International Convention Centre in Naypyitaw to mark International Migrants Day.

In 2003, Burma and Thailand signed an agreement to cooperate in legalizing the status of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand. Relevant work permits and temporary passports began being issued in 2009.

“Temporary passports have been provided to 1.2 million Myanmar migrant workers,” said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security. “However, it is estimated that 800,000 to 1 million workers remain unregister and undocumented, therefore the two countries will cooperate to issue the relevant documents to them.”

According to US-based Human Rights Watch, some 250,000 Burmese migrants work on Thai fishing boats or in the fisheries industry.

In Malaysia, passports have been issued to more than 101,000 Burmese migrant workers, said the official, adding that plans were under way to issue 100,000 more passports to undocumented migrant workers in the country.

Apart from Thailand and Malaysia, the most popular countries for Burmese to seek work are South Korea, Japan and the Middle East.

“Most of the Myanmar migrants in Thailand work in the fish and prawn industries and other jobs where Thai people don’t want to work,” said Ko Thet Lwin, a former migrant worker who recently returned to Burma. “If the wages were higher at home, many more Burmese would come back.”
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Related articles:

http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional/8595-undocumented-migrant-workers-face-deportation.html

http://www.mizzima.com/edop/interview/8570-migrant-deadline-dilemma.html

http://www.mizzima.com/news/regional/7396-burma-to-extend-migrant-workers-passports.html

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