The water was their livelihood. Now, Indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar are struggling to preserve a vanishing way of life. The Moken tribal group are nomads of the sea. They’ve been ignored for years, but they’re fighting for laws that guarantee their basic rights, such as health care, education, and land. (AP video by Tian Ji Macleod)
Thai sea nomads forced to abandon life afloat to live on land
The water was their livelihood. Now, Indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar are struggling to preserve a vanishing way of life. The Moken tribal group are nomads of the sea. They’ve been ignored for years, but they’re fighting for laws that guarantee their basic rights, such as health care, education, and land. (AP video by Tian Ji Macleod)