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Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 19/08/2024
» The Department of Employment (DoE) has said the first batch of Thai labourers to work the current berry harvesting season in Sweden and Finland will leave this month.
Published on 13/08/2024
» Prosecutors in Finland are demanding a minimum of five years’ imprisonment for the former head of a berry company and his Thai business partner for human trafficking in connection with abuse of Thai workers.
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 18/03/2024
» The Labour Ministry says it will address the issue relating to the suspension of visa applications for Thais seeking wild-berry picking jobs in Finland, saying it aims to have measures in place by the 2025 harvest season.
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 17/03/2024
» Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has suspended the acceptance of wild-berry pickers’ visa applications in Thailand.
Published on 16/03/2024
» Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs has decided to suspend the reception of wild-berry pickers’ visa applications in Thailand.
Post Reporters, Published on 11/01/2024
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says it will file charges against two former ministers and two high-level officials at the Ministry of Labour for allegedly demanding 36 million baht in exchange for approving the export of Thai workers to Finland.
Published on 17/05/2023
» Thai and Nordic authorities have agreed to push for fairer labour contracts for Thais who go to Scandinavian countries to pick berries and to step up action against human trafficking.
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/01/2023
» The Ministry of Labour will start talks with the Swedish embassy in Thailand, after it threatened to suspend issuing seasonal working visas to Thai berry pickers following reports of unfair treatment by employers and job brokers, it said on Monday.
Online Reporters, Published on 21/01/2023
» Thai workers with their sights set on berry-picking in Finland could end up in debt rather than turn a profit, the Thai Embassy in Helsinki has warned.
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 29/12/2022
» Education, labour and employment-related problems remained challenging this year for all stakeholders to tackle.