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Back to school, please
News, Editorial, Published on 21/05/2025
» As students across the country return to school for the new semester, 800 children who have been studying at learning centres for migrant and refugee students in Samut Sakhon are being forced to stay home.
Ministry shuts down six Burmese language schools
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/09/2024
» The Education Ministry has ordered local authorities to investigate if there are Burmese language learning centres operating illegally in their provinces after it found six such centres in Surat Thani and ordered their closure.
NGOs plan to boost Thai language skills in migrant workers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/09/2022
» Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Bangkok and adjacent provinces are cooperating to teach Thai language and computer literacy skills to migrant workers, in a bid to increase their skills and enhance their living conditions.
Govt told to crack down on human trafficking after US report demotion
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/07/2021
» Labour activists have called on the government to make a renewed effort to tackle the human trafficking problem after latest US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2021 demoted Thailand from Tier 2 to the lesser Tier 2 Watchlist for the first time in four years.
'Close the vaccine gap': illegal migrants need help
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/06/2021
» The success of the national vaccination programme, which is seen as instrumental to creating herd immunity and reopening the country, depends on how inclusive it is.
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).
Migrant workers' children 'lack education, welfare'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/06/2019
» While 42 seafood processing companies have joined a campaign to ensure fair wages, a lack of rights to access basic education for 200,000 children living with migrant workers, including the fishery sector, is still a big problem, according to Plan International Thailand.
Nation retains 'Tier 2' status on trafficking
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/06/2019
» Although Thailand remains on Tier 2 of the US Department of State's Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report for a second year running, anti-human trafficking activists have raised questioned about the seriousness of the country's new coalition government in solving the problem.
150 condos in city rooftop dust-bust drive
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2019
» Water is being sprayed from the rooftops of 150 condominium buildings across Bangkok to help mitigate fine dust particles choking the capital, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says.
Assembly error eyed in crane collapse
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2019
» The collapse of a crane boom which killed five workers and injured several others on Wednesday may have been caused by loss of balance due to improper assembly, according to experts at the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT).