Myint raises her three sons and two daughters alone after her husband passed away in 2015. She used to work at a recycling factory but the work was sporadic so she left and started working at a food stall instead. She usually earns 300 baht a day but has not had any work since the start of April. Myint is from Myeik and has been living in Thailand for almost nine years.

Me Me lives with her husband and three young children. They are from Myeik and have been living in Thailand for 18 years. She usually works in a squid factory while her husband is employed in a fish factory. Neither of them have been able to work since mid-March. Their eldest son, who is eight years old, attended a migrant learning centre before it was closed.

Zar Zar recently moved to Ranong to live next to her mother, after her husband, a fisherman, died at sea. She lives with her two young sons, who are three years old and three months old. She had just started fish grading work before COVID-19 impacted the factory that employed her. She has been without a job since late March.

Koh is from Rakhine State. He came to Thailand over a year ago to look for work. His wife still lives in Myanmar. Koh lives with his adult son in Ranong and had been working at a construction site for about three months before the State of Emergency was declared. However, in March, he started being called in to work less frequently. He only worked about 7 days in March and not at all in April. He does not know when he can go back to work.