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New round of migrant registrations likely
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/07/2020
» The Labour Ministry will ask the cabinet to approve a special round of registrations in August to help migrant workers from neighbouring countries renew their work permits and resolve other administrative issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a source said.
Bosses raise alarm over Covid costs
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/07/2020
» An employers group has cried foul over what it calls the steep costs for quarantining returning migrant workers, saying this places too much strain on employers already struggling from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Labour Ministry resumes migrant permit services
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/07/2020
» The Labour Ministry has resumed services nationwide by adopting social-distancing measures in order to complete the legalisation process for migrant labourers who registered online by March 30.
Labour Ministry resumes migrant permit services
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/07/2020
» The Labour Ministry has resumed services nationwide by adopting social-distancing measures in order to complete the legalisation process for migrant labourers who registered online by March 30.
Migrants take hardest virus hit
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/05/2020
» Migrant workers in the kingdom have been hit hard by the economic impact of Covid-19.
Migrant workers left destitute by economic nosedive
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/05/2020
» Four months pregnant, unemployed and relying on money borrowed from friends, War War Hywe, a 29-year-old migrant worker from Myanmar's city of Mandalay, wishes she could go home.
Backbone of migrant health care
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/04/2020
» Ranong and Samut Sakhon provinces have managed to keep Covid-19 infections at bay and credit for their impregnable defence is owed largely to village volunteer health workers.
Migrant workers warned against return to Myanmar
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/03/2020
» Myanmar wants Thailand to discourage Myanmar migrants from returning home during the Songkran festival, in a bid to prevent the cross-border spread of Covid-19.
Myanmar: Don't return home for Songkran
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 17/03/2020
» Myanmar has asked the Thai government to pass on the message that its people working here should not to return home for Songkran next month.
Govt urged to aid stranded Thai fishermen
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/11/2019
» More than 100 undocumented fishing-boat workers from Thailand and neighbouring countries remain stranded on remote Indonesian islands, according to the Labour Rights Promotion Network (LPN).