It was reported that over two million people have left Myanmar for various reasons during the more than two years since the coup, in the SAC’s newspaper published on August 29.

The report was based on immigration records, detailing those who left the country from 2022 to July 2024 for education, medical treatment, religious pilgrimages, tourism, work, and other reasons.

In 2022, the number of people leaving the country was over 570,000, which rose to nearly one million in 2023, and by July of this year, it has reached over 700,000.

Although the majority of these people initially traveled for visits, the article stated that upon reaching their destination, they became undocumented migrants, seeking and engaging in work.

After the 2024 conscription law was enacted, more young people have been leaving the country both legally and illegally, according to those assisting Myanmar workers in Thailand.

The newspaper under the control of the military council also reported that the minimum cost for an individual to leave the country is over $1,000, and with the estimated two million people who have left, the foreign currency outflow amounts to nearly $1 billion annually.