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BBC OS: 2024/05/03 16:06 GMT: Myanmar bans men leaving the country for work

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Myanmar bans men leaving for work

2024/05/03 16:06 GMT

2024/05/03 16:06 GMT: Myanmar bans men leaving the country for work

Myanmar bans men leaving the country for work

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Myanmar bans men leaving the country for work

Authorities said they would suspend all applications from men for overseas work permits

Authorities said they would suspend all applications from men for overseas work permits.

Myanmar's military government will no longer allow conscription-age men to travel out of the country for work, weeks after an enlistment order prompted many to try and flee. The restrictions come as the junta battles increased opposition in the country's ongoing civil war. We speak to our reporter and hear from those who have left the country. 

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Fighting and arbitrary killings in Sudan have intensified around the city of Al-Fashir in North Darfur in recent weeks. Our correspondent explains. 

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: People gather outside a passport office in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 May 2024. Credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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