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| Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Burmese migrants in Thailand | Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Burmese migrants in Thailand |
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| Aung San Suu Kyi is to visit Burmese migrants in Thailand on her first trip outside her native Burma in more than two decades. | |
| The opposition leader arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday night and was greeted by cheering well-wishers. | |
| She is attending the World Economic Forum on East Asia. | She is attending the World Economic Forum on East Asia. |
| For the past two decades she has been either under house arrest or afraid that if she left Burma she would not be allowed to go back. | For the past two decades she has been either under house arrest or afraid that if she left Burma she would not be allowed to go back. |
| But recent reforms led to her election to parliament last month and she is confident she will be able to return. | But recent reforms led to her election to parliament last month and she is confident she will be able to return. |
| The leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party was given a passport in early May. | |
| Meeting workers | |
| On her first full day outside Burma since 1988, Ms Suu Kyi is expected to leave the Thai capital to meet some of Thailand's many Burmese migrant workers, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher. | |
| An estimated 130,000 Burmese refugees live in camps in Thailand having fled persecution at home. | An estimated 130,000 Burmese refugees live in camps in Thailand having fled persecution at home. |
| Many more work in Thailand both legally and illegally, mostly in construction, factories or the fishing industry. | |
| She is also scheduled to meet the Thai prime minister during this trip and participate in sessions and discussions at the global forum on Friday. | |
| Meanwhile, Burma's President Thein Sein, who was originally scheduled to attend the forum, has postponed his trip to Bangkok to next week. | Meanwhile, Burma's President Thein Sein, who was originally scheduled to attend the forum, has postponed his trip to Bangkok to next week. |
| After her trip to Thailand Ms Suu Kyi plans to return to Burma before travelling to Europe in June. | After her trip to Thailand Ms Suu Kyi plans to return to Burma before travelling to Europe in June. |
| She intends to go to Norway to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize which she won in 1991, and will also visit the UK where she has family. | She intends to go to Norway to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize which she won in 1991, and will also visit the UK where she has family. |
| She has accepted an invitation to address the British parliament on 21 June. It has been reported that she would also travel to Geneva, Paris and Ireland. | She has accepted an invitation to address the British parliament on 21 June. It has been reported that she would also travel to Geneva, Paris and Ireland. |