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Govt to seek migrants for fish industry
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/08/2018
» A plan to attract thousands of foreign workers into the Thai fishing industry is taking shape with Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo likely to meet his counterparts from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam after Aug 15 to establish the terms.
Boats need over 40,000 migrant crew
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/08/2018
» The Labour Ministry will push for a plan to import 40,000 workers from neighbouring countries to solve a labour shortage in the commercial fishing sector.
Migrants to get visas faster under MOUs
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/07/2018
» The Labour Ministry is set to rely more on information technology to speed up paperwork processing foreign migrant workers under memorandums of understanding between Thailand and neighbouring countries.
Cops crack down on illegal migrants
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/07/2018
» A massive crackdown on illegal migrants has been launched nationwide after the registration of undocumented alien labourers reached deadline on Saturday.
14,000 now face deportation
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/06/2018
» As the registration of migrant labourers reaches its deadline on Saturday, over 14,000 undocumented workers have still not completed the process, Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said.
Thais told to respect visas in S.Korea
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/06/2018
» More than 100,000 Thai nationals are suspected of overstaying their visas in order to work illegally in South Korea, according to a Thai minister-counsellor for labour based in South Korea.
Ex-crewmen out to help fellow fishing victims
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/06/2018
» Back in 2014, the rescue of Thai and migrant labourers who fell prey to human trafficking in the fishery industry in Indonesia made headlines across the country after the operation was achieved with a concerted effort from the governments of both nations.
Service centres for migrants to re-open
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/04/2018
» The Labour Ministry's one-stop service (OSS) centres will resume services nationwide next Monday in a bid to legalise migrant labourers who had registered online by last month.
60,000 workers become illegal
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/04/2018
» Nearly 60,000 migrant workers have had their status rendered as illegal and are no longer allowed to stay in the country after they missed Saturday's deadline for registration under the new labour law.
Last-day chaos as 1.3m migrants register
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/04/2018
» >> Over 1.3 million migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar completed their registration with the Labour Ministry on the last day of registration yesterday.