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New Thai-Cambodian border crossings set
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/08/2015
» Thailand and Cambodia confirmed on Friday they will open or upgrade a slew of new border crossings to facilitate commerce and travel between the two nations.
Vietnamese-worker registration planned
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/01/2015
» The Labour Ministry likely will begin registering illegal Vietnamese workers in March, giving them legal status much as the government did with labourers from three Asean neighbours last year.
NCPO mulls border shakeup
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/09/2014
» Thai labour authorities are designing new regulations that would allow workers from neighbouring countries to enter Thailand and legally work in border areas without passports.
Offer victims protection, activists urge
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/06/2014
» The laws need shaping up to better deal with human trafficking and offer welfare protection for trafficked victims, according to the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF).
Call to boost domestic staff welfare
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/06/2014
» Activists representing vulnerable low-income workers have urged the Labour Ministry to do more to enforce a ministerial regulation protecting domestic helpers.
Migrants take on new identities
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/04/2014
» Some Myanmar migrant workers have been assuming new identities in a bid to return to work in Thailand after completing the four years of employment they are entitled to, a source from a labour NGO says.
Myanmar visa overstay eased
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/03/2014
» Authorities are softening their stance against Myanmar labourers who overstay their working visas pending the new government's policy.
Labour deal delay 'will fuel trafficking'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/03/2014
» Delays in implementing an amended labour agreement with Myanmar will worsen human trafficking in Thailand, rights groups warned yesterday.
Myanmar workers keen to stay
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/01/2013
» High wages in Thailand are likely to keep the majority of Myanmar migrant workers here over the next three years, a labour researcher says.
Padermchai backs plan for Bangladeshi fishery workers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/01/2013
» Labour Minister Padermchai Sasomsap has backed an idea to import Bangladeshi labourers to work in the fishery industry.