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War Of Words: Myanmar Migrants Face Disinformation In Thailand

Graphic charting monthly violent incidents in Myanmar since the military coup in February 2021, tracked by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. (Credit: AFP)

More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where experts say nationalists are using disinformation to fuel prejudice against them.

Social media platforms have been flooded by false claims that Myanmar migrant workers were demanding a 700-baht ($21) minimum daily wage -- almost twice that paid to Thais.

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