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Thailand’s new government should build on progress over migrant’s rights
Migrant workers in Thailand are pivotal to the country’s economic development. According to the United Nations, approximately 4.9 million migrant workers are in Thailand, making up more than 10% of the country’s workforce.An estimated 4.3% to 6.6% of Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) can be ...
Zachary Frye
Thailand and Cambodia cooperate on cross border migrant workers
Protecting migrant workers rights and enhancing multi-stakeholder dialogue to prevent human trafficking between Thailand and Cambodia will be front and centre at an international conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia today, April 25.Keep reading ...
Sreypov Men
Migrant workers to be allowed free departure/arrival from April 5 - 30
The committee on migrant labor management and anti-human trafficking policy is planning to propose to the Cabinet measures to accommodate migrant workers returning to their home countries before and after the Songkran festivities from April 5th – 30th.Keep watching ...
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, ...
Focus on Thai fishing distracts from worker abuse in other sectors: researchers
Millions of migrant workers in Thailand’s construction, agriculture and livestock industries suffer from exploitative practices, but a focus on the fishing sector has distracted attention from them, researchers said on Thursday.Keep reading ...
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
LPN hosted training session to promote labour rights among migrant workers
The Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN) which has Sompong Srakaew, director and founder, recently hosted a training program to improve workers’ quality of life, especially migrant workers, by providing knowledge on labour regulations and welfare under Thai labour laws.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
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
Labor Minister discusses measures to address labor shortage in fishery sector
The Labor Minister, Pol. Gen. Adul Sangsingkeo, and officials from related agencies had a meeting on Thursday (Nov, 8) to follow up on measures to address the labor shortage in the fishery sector of Thailand. Keep reading ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Thailand uses MOU system to recruit migrant workers to fill jobs in marine fisheries sector
On 23 September 2018, H.E. Police General Adul Sangsingkeo, Minister of Labour of the Kingdom of Thailand, together with H.E. U Thein Swe, Minister of Labour, Immigration and Population of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, attended the opening ceremony of the Ranong Post-Arrival ...
