Myanmar - May 2024
Junta blocks military-aged men from working abroad
Myanmar’s military junta announced on 3 May that it would no longer allow conscription-aged men (18-35) to travel abroad for work and will suspend all work exit visas currently in process. The media have previously reported that tens of thousands of Myanmar citizens left the country since the junta began enforcing conscription in February 2024. Junta forces have reportedly suffered significant losses in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war and it has been forced to resort to conscription to continue to fill the military’s ranks.
