This photo taken on July 1, 2026 shows Karen refugees from the Mae La refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border arriving at a district office to register for Thai ID cards issued to foreigners granting them permission to work, in Prachinburi province. After decades of being barred from leaving the camps and working legally, Myanmar refugees and their children began receiving non-citizen Thai ID cards in June, a step away from statelessness and towards gainful, legal employment. About 4,600 people from Myanmar living in camps have sought permission to work legally from October 2025 to July this year, the Thai interior ministry said. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH Thailand-Myanmar-labour-refugee, FOCUS by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI and Sally JENSEN