Big queues for $4 passport

24 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Government services / Human rights / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Offshore recruitment and employment / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Adhoc / Battambang Provincial Passport Office / Chan Soveth / Ith Sam Heng / Preah Sihanouk Provincial Labour Department / Yov Khemara

A sub-decree aimed at stemming the massive influx of mostly undocumented Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand with a drastically reduced passport fee already appears to be generating an overwhelming response. Yesterday, an estimated 200 workers lined up outside the Battambang provincial passport office to get what they hoped would be their $4 ticket to legal work abroad. …

 Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
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