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Rohingya Denied Passports to Work in Thailand Rohingya Denied Passports to Work in Thailand

By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY  Ethnic Rohingya boat people wait for medical treatment after being rescued at a port in Aceh Province, Indonesia, in February 2011. (Photo: AP) Ethnic Rohingya from western Burma's Arakan State say that Burmese authorities in the Thai border town of Ranong have refused to issue them the documents they need to work in Thailand legally.