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Migrants' plight
News, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2022
» Re: "Migrant workers get a raw deal," (BP, Feb 7).
Detained migrants infected
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/03/2021
» A police investigation is under way because 77 illegal migrants, most of them from Myanmar, appear to have contracted Covid-19 while being detained at an Immigration Bureau centre.
Detained migrants infected
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/03/2021
» Seventy-seven illegal migrants, most of them from Myanmar, appear to have contracted Covid-19 while being detained at an Immigration Bureau centre.
Don't forget migrants
Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2021
» After almost one month of hiccups and disastrous management, the state vaccination programme which started on June 1 is gradually showing signs of functionality.
Army frets over migrants
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/09/2020
» Three "layers" of protection are essential in keeping at bay the Covid-19 outbreak which threatens to enter the country through its land borders, according to the army.
Illegal Myanmar migrants caught
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/09/2020
» TAK: Ten Myanmar nationals were arrested near the border in Mae Sot district on Tuesday, all without travel documents, as security along the Thai-Myanmar frontier remains tight to keep out Covid-19.
Migrants help the economy
News, Editorial, Published on 15/05/2018
» Similar to US President Donald Trump's protectionist "America First" policy, Thailand's new law that imposes a migrant labour quota on businesses is a misplaced and miscalculated directive driven by our lawmakers' false sense of nationalism.
Migrants face changing climate
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/07/2018
» The arrival of May once reminded Lin Na that the first rain of the year was on its way. The ground in her small village of Prey Veng province in southern Cambodia would start to soften, dampened by rainfall. This time each year, she would help her family cultivate a two-hectare rice field, the main source of food and income for them throughout the year.
Law 'still failing migrants'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/12/2019
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is failing in efforts to improve conditions for migrant workers, but has made progress against human trafficking, labour rights advocates said on Wednesday.
Let's protect child migrants
News, Editorial, Published on 02/11/2018
» Recent reports by two human rights advocacy agencies demonstrate the plight of child migrants in state custody in Thailand as legal mechanisms based on humanitarian principles are sadly lacking to properly handle those who are arrested and jailed with their parents or relatives.