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Migrant children face uncertain future
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/06/2015
» The dream of 15-year-old migrant Adukayor to attend college is starting to fade due to his parents, who work in a grocery store in Samut Sakhon, struggling to even find enough money to pay for his high school education.
Police call in WHO official over maid abuse
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/04/2015
» Police will summon a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official for questioning next week, after his former maid accused him of keeping her in slave-like conditions.
Senior WHO staffer in Thailand accused of slavery
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/04/2015
» The Lawyers Council of Thailand has come to the aid of an Ethiopian maid who claims she was a slave for a fellow countryman working as a high-level World Health Organisation official in Thailand.
Activists seek 60-baht hike in daily wage
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/04/2015
» Labour activists yesterday called on the government to increase the national minimum daily wage to 360 baht by next year.
Path to citizenship strewn with barriers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/02/2015
» Susubee's hopes of being granted Thai citizenship dimmed when a procedure he had followed for two years came to nought, because of a mistake that was not his own.
Tak villagers petition court for citizenship
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/01/2015
» A group of displaced people from Tak province yesterday petitioned the Administrative Court to order the Interior Ministry to grant them citizenship.
Displaced Thais seek court help
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/01/2015
» About 350 displaced Thais in Tak province have asked the Central Admnistrative Court to order the Interior Ministry to grant them Thai nationality after fighting for official recognition for years.
Activists urge NLA review of welfare bill
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/01/2015
» Labour rights activists have demanded the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) review its approval of amendments to the social security bill because the draft would disqualify workers who resign from receiving unemployment benefits.
Thousands of alien workers rush to register
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/11/2014
» Large numbers of undocumented alien workers nationwide flocked to register for temporary work permits on the final day of registration yesterday.
1.6m illegal alien workers register
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/10/2014
» The Department of Employment estimates that 1.6 million illegal alien workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have registered nationwide in the past four months.