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Migrant workers flee home
Pattanapong Sripiachai, Published on 23/03/2020
» NAKHON PHANOM: Lao and Vietnamese migrant workers were being allowed to leave Thailand across the Friendship Bridge to Thakhek in Khammouane province of Laos on Monday, even though all border checkpoints were ordered closed on Sunday night to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Watching over migrant workers
Oped, Dana Graber Ladek, Published on 22/04/2020
» As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have widespread effects on the economy and workforce in Thailand, migrant workers are among the worst affected by this unprecedented global health crisis.
Shielding Asean migrant workers
Oped, Melinda Martinus, Published on 08/05/2020
» The lockdown measures imposed by Asean member states during the Covid-19 pandemic have disrupted migrant workers' mobility in the region. It has also been a powerful reminder that the member states are strongly interdependent through migrant workers' contributions.
Migrant workers' deadline extended
Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/06/2021
» The cabinet has extended the Covid-19 testing period for migrant workers from three countries by 90 days to Sept 13 as medical workers are overwhelmed and have no time to test them.
Give migrant workers jabs
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/10/2021
» The Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS) deserves praise for launching a Covid-19 vaccination campaign for undocumented migrant workers and refugees. Without legal status, they have been left without medical treatments and vaccines.
Stop blaming migrant workers
Editorial, Published on 06/07/2025
» The latest border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand, as well as the influx of refugees fleeing unrest in Myanmar, is triggering nationalistic fears that foreigners will take away jobs and social services from locals. Yet we must understand that migrant workers are not our enemy.
Lockdown leaves migrant workers exposed
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 23/03/2020
» A partial lockdown in Thailand to limit the spread of coronavirus exempts construction, exposing thousands of migrant workers to the deadly disease, human rights groups warned on Monday.
Registration for illegal migrant workers
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/12/2020
» The labour minister will seek cabinet approval next week for the registration of illegal migrant workers to allay their fear that the government would prosecute them amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Don't leave migrant workers behind
News, By Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 29/12/2020
» As 2020 comes to a close, the coronavirus outbreak at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon has been a blessing in disguise. It is a stark reminder that the health of migrant workers is pivotal for the country's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Thai people are not safe until all migrant workers are safe. This is not the time to play the blame and shame game -- something politicians tend to do all too often.
Centres see 1.4m migrant workers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/03/2018
» The Labour Ministry expects to have more than 1.4 migrant labourers legally registered by the end of this month.