15 Year old Mabyu travelled from her home in Mon State to the Thai border town of Mae Sot, the three day journey cost 30,00 Kyat’s (£15) for bribes to clear check points along the route, she now works a ten or twelve hour day in a garment factory for 50 Bhat (80 pence) a day excluding deductions for water and accomodation (she sleeps under her machine), also her monthly repayments for a work permit which the factory owner paid for and keeps. While migrant workers must pay 3,800 baht for registration, this does not protect them from police extortion because the cards are confiscated by their employers.