Fifty four illegal Myanmar immigrants died....in a seafood container during transport, in Ranong....

Thai rescue workers carry dead body of Myanmar migrants who died in a seafood container during transport, in Ranong province on April 10, 2008. Fifty-four Myanmar migrants have suffocated to death in a cold storage container while being smuggled to Thailand to escape desperate conditions at home, Thai police said.

Thai officials inspect the dead bodies of Myanmar migrants who died in a seafood container in Ranong province on April 10, 2008. Fifty-four Myanmar migrants have suffocated to death in a cold storage container while being smuggled to Thailand to escape desperate conditions at home, Thai police said. The incident was the deadliest in a wave of recent tragedies as people flee economic collapse in military-ruled Myanmar and search for work in Thailand, where they often end up abused and exploited.



Rescue team members inspect the bodies of Myanmar immigrants at Ranong province south of Bangkok April 10, 2008. Fifty four illegal Myanmar immigrants died of suffocation while being smuggled into Thailand in a refrigerated container near the Thai-Myanmar border, a police officer said on Thursday.