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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

Migrant kids get chance to blossom

Three years ago, Chit Ko, a son of ethnic migrant workers, almost had to drop out of school, after his parents asked their son to start working to support the family. If they had not changed their minds, the 11-year-old Chit Ko would have ended up ...

Dumrongkiat Mala

Workers without papers face action

Authorities have started a crackdown on undocumented migrant workers nationwide after the deadline for proper registration ended over the weekend, with more than a third of a million workers from neighbouring countries having obtained their required permits in the latest round of registration.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Rights of workers ‘weakened’

As workers took part in Labour Day events across Thailand yesterday, labour rights groups stressed that unjust employment and the depletion of employees’ power was undermining the well-being of the Thai workforce.Keep reading ...

Pratch Rujivanarom and Wasamon Audjarint

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