CNI News

13 March 2024

As there are people who got into trouble due to the shortage of jobs on the Chinese side, Myanmar people should not go to China through border gates, philanthropic associations in Muse told CNI News. 

Moreover, human trafficking was found more, claiming that Myanmar people can get jobs on the Chinese side, an official from the Beautiful Heart Philanthropic Association in Muse, told CNI News.

" When you get to the Chinese side, you can't get a job at once. Brokers will say that you can get a well-paid job on the Chinese side and lie to you. They even pay you for the cost of travel. And then, they will sell you. The number of people who were sold like that has increased a bit more. Honest girls living far from cities or ones who have never travelled may be sold. Frankly speaking, girls or boys should not go to the Chinese side to work without having a reliable contact or friends or without connecting with a reliable employer. Not only girls but also boys get into trouble. Some of the people who returned from China are found to be ill or chronic patients and ones who suffer badly. If you don't have enough money to receive treatment, you will find it difficult." he said.

While seeing Myanmar citizens sleeping on the platform

Some Myanmar citizens have to sleep on the platforms, waitin to get jobs in Ruili Town on the Chinese side and there are many arrests reportedly. Moreover, those who came from Muse on the Myanmar side with temporary border pass (TBP) would be allowed only if they had recommendation letters from a labor office starting from 5th March 2024 reportedly.

At present, being difficult to get jobs on the Chinese side was because the incoming population was very large and the available jobs were very few, an official from the Kan Let Ku Nyi Philanthropic Association in Muse, told CNI News.

" There are about 200,000 job vacancies for example. But the number of people who entered is between 200,00 and 300,000. In fact, it's hard to let you do a job for long rather than finding the job. Although you get a job, you are not allowed to do the job for long. 

While seeing Myanmar citizens

You will be fired for many reasons within a month because your supervisor won't let you do the job for long. He or she wants to hire people from his native town or those who will pay him." she said.

Myanmar citizens are entering the Chinese side with red books whose validity is one year long or TBPs, and overstayers are being arrested by Chinese authorities reportedly.

Because the number of Myanmar citizens who enter the Chinese side is too many, wages are being reduced reportedly.