Informal migration for labor

Local workers abroad

Confusion drives more legal, illegal workers from Thailand

Hundreds of fearful and confused Cambodian migrant workers—including those with legal documentation—are continuing to flee Thailand, workers said on Tuesday, even as both the Cambodian and Thai governments called for calm among the migrant workforce. ...

Chhorn Phearun and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/confusion-drives-legal-illegal-workers-thailand-132138/

Unofficial crossings into Thailand closed

The Cambodian government closed all unofficial border checkpoints in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang in an apparent response to Thailand’s laws imposing stricter punishments on migrant workers. ...

Yon Sineat and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unofficial-crossings-thailand-closed

Thailand backs off law on migrants

Facing a backlash from employers and observers alike, Thailand has backtracked on a new, heavily criticised law that imposes stricter punishments on irregular workers and their employers, though thousands of Cambodians are still being deported. ...

Yon Sineat and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thailand-backs-law-migrants

Embassy calls for calm as workers flee Thai factories

The Cambodian embassy in Bangkok has called on illegal workers not to leave Thailand as officials attempt to negotiate a deal to allow migrants to stay in their jobs.   ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39903/embassy-calls--for-calm-as-workers-flee-thai-factories/

Spike in workers deported

Immigration police say there has been a spike in the number of Cambodian migrant workers being deported from Thailand following a royal decree on the management of foreign workers.   ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39855/spike-in-workers-deported/

Ministry to examine passport fees for Malaysia migrants

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will investigate exorbitant passport fees for migrant workers in Malaysia, the ministry’s spokesman said late last week, following an investigation by The Post that found Cambodians in the country were forced to pay up to $800 for renewals. ...

Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-examine-passport-fees-malaysia-migrants

Opposition requests migrant-friendly voter registration process

The opposition once again will ask the government to make upcoming voter registration more accessible to an estimated 1 million migrant workers by increasing the number of registration centers near the Thai border. ...

Ben Paviour and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-requests-migrant-friendly-voter-registration-process-131633/

‘Hostages’ swapped with Thailand

Incensed by Thai authorities’ arrest of their family members, residents of Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district took conflict resolution into their own hands on Saturday by holding Thai trucks hostage on their side of the border for days until Thai and Cambodian officials agreed to ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hostages-swapped-thailand

2011 ban on maids working in Malaysia lifted months ago

The government lifted a 2011 ban on sending Cambodian maids to Malaysia in January, according to a directive Prime Minister Hun Sen signed late last year, contradicting months of government denials. ...

Zsombor Peter and Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/2011-ban-maids-working-malaysia-lifted-months-ago-131127/

Government approves agencies to send workers abroad

The Labour Ministry has announced the names of 77 private recruitment agencies approved to select, train and send Cambodian workers to Thailand, Malaysia and Japan. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39112/government-approves-agencies-to-send-workers-abroad/

Protesters block Thai trucks at border

Hundreds of people protested on Friday by blocking 28 Thai trucks on the Cambodian side of the Boeung Trakoun border market in Banteay Meanchey province after Thai authorities arrested 13 Cambodian workers. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39035/protesters-block-thai-trucks-at-border/

Labor activist seeks aid for migrant workers who may be unable to vote

A labor rights activist has appealed to the government to assist migrant workers in Thailand to cast their votes at the up coming commune council elections.A small number of the roughly 1 million Cambodian workers in Thailand who have managed to register to vote will ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/labor-activist-seeks-aid-for-migrant-workers-who-may-be-unable-to-vote/3875970.html

Thais crack down on illegal workers

Thai soldiers on Thursday detained four Cambodian men, three women and a one-month old baby after they crossed the border to find work. The Cambodian Consulate in Thailand’s Sa Keao province said it quickly secured the release of the group, who were from Sout Nikom ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38801/thais-crack-down-on-illegal-workers/

New Hong Kong maid deal raises old concerns over abuse

Employment agencies in Hong Kong are already raising doubts about the likely success of a pilot program that could see hundreds of Cambodians start arriving later this year to work as maids, only a day after a deal creating the program was signed, according to ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-hong-kong-maid-deal-raises-old-concerns-over-abuse-128623/

Migrant workers rescued from Thai lockup

Thai police have rescued 65 Cambodians, including five children, from a two-story shop house near Rong Kluea market in Sakeo province where they had been locked up for three days.​ ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37778/migrant-workers-rescued-from-thai-lockup/

Hundreds caught at illegal border crossings

Banteay Meanchey provincial police intercepted hundreds of Cambodian laborers as they tried to cross illegally to Thailand over the weekend. ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37684/hundreds-caught-at-illegal-border-crossings/

Thais deport 60 illegal workers

Nearly 60 Cambodian workers were sent home from Thailand yesterday after crossing the border illegally to return to work following Khmer New Year. ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37568/thais-deport-60-illegal-workers/

Workers stream over the Thai border

Thailand has sent home almost 100 Cambodians who had been working illegally in the country, as numbers passing over the border continue to increase ahead of Khmer New Year.   ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36784/workers-stream-over-the-thai-border/

Thais waive border fees for New Year

Thai officials will next month waive fees at border gates to allow workers from Cambodia to return home for the New Year. The Cambodian embassy in Thailand yesterday confirmed the move to Khmer Times and said the free pass will apply to all Cambodian workers and ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36583/thais-waive-border-fees-for-new-year/

Thailand repatriates more than 1,000

A surge in the number of Cambodian migrant workers sent back from Thailand through the Daung International Checkpoint in Battambang province has puzzled authorities.​ ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36129/thailand-repatriates-more-than-1-000/

Workers to get Thai legal permits

In coordination with Thai officials, Cambodia’s Labor Ministry has set up a new process to help migrant workers in Thailand receive passports, travel cards or Overseas Cambodian Worker Cards (OCWC). ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35122/workers-to-get-thai-legal-permits/

Many migrants sent home in 2016

More than 800 Cambodian migrant workers were assisted and sent back to the country in 2016 by the government through its embassies, but one rights group says even greater attention needs to be paid to overseas workers. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34185/many-migrants-sent-home-in-2016/

Sokha wants migrant vote deal

Acting opposition leader Kem Sokha has promised to use his new dialogue with Prime Minister Hun Sen to push for migrant workers to get a vote in the 2018 national elections. Celebrating Human Rights Day on Saturday at the CNRP headquarters, Mr. Sokha spoke to supporters ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33011/sokha-wants-migrant-vote-deal/

Migrant workers not registered for election

Most of the 20 percent of eligible voters who did not register before the deadline yesterday are migrant workers, the National Election Committee  (NEC) concluded, echoing the opposition and civil society groups. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32645/migrant-workers-not-registered-for-election/

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