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Migration

Migrant children need education, legal status – Mahidol researcher

A Mahidol University researcher urged the government to improve education and legal migration measures for almost a half-million Southeast Asian children in Thailand illegally.Presenting the results of research done by for the university’s Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies on International Children’s Rights Day ...

Thitirath Dechprom

Forum hears of migrants' plight

Female migrant workers in Thailand are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation and often end up working long arduous hours in the toughest sectors for sub-standard wages, a forum was told on Sunday.Speaking at a forum held by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and ...

Dumrongkiat Mala

Permit extensions mulled for workers

The Ministry of Labour will this month ask the cabinet to approve its proposal to extend work permits for migrant workers for another two years. There are about two million eligible migrant labourers from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.Keep reading ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Migrant workers' children 'lack education, welfare'

While 42 seafood processing companies have joined a campaign to ensure fair wages, a lack of rights to access basic education for 200,000 children living with migrant workers, including the fishery sector, is still a big problem, according to Plan International Thailand.Keep reading ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

EU commits Bt80m to Unicef for protection of migrant and stateless children in Thailand

The European Union has committed more than Bt80 million to Unicef over the next three years to support efforts to strengthen policies and practice for the protection of migrant and stateless children in Thailand, Unicef said on Tuesday.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Cambodian workers ‘vulnerable’ in Thailand

The Thailand Migration Report 2019 estimates that the country currently hosts about 4.9 million non-Thai residents, with some 3.9 million being documented and undocumented workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.Thailand benefits significantly from their presence, the report said. Migrant workers help fill labour shortages, ...

Immigration officers to show leniency on bank statement requirements

Thai immigration says it is willing to show leniency to foreigners on the subject of proving their income when applying for retirement and marriage visas and visa extensions.Immigration chief Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn acknowledged that some applicants may have difficulty in providing 12 months ...

Govt reinstates unskilled workers ban

The government’s committee on migrant labour management policy on Thursday reinstated its policy to ban migrant workers from taking up employment as unskilled labourers in Thailand. Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said that only migrant workers from countries which have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Thailand can be a champion for migrants

Signed and sealed. The formal endorsement of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration by the UN General Assembly in New York this week was a momentous occasion. Keep reading ...

Welfare schemes fail migrant workers

Many, if not most, migrant workers in Thailand feel insecure and exploited under the country’s existing welfare schemes. After 13 years in Thailand, Nay Zaw Moe has seen several Myanmar workers lose their limbs at work and yet get no compensation that they are entitled ...

Kornrawee Panyasuppakun

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