Gov’t begins effort to send workers back to Thailand

23 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Human rights / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Labor / Local workers abroad / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Offshore recruitment and employment / Social development
Hun Sen / Ith Sam Heng / Kousoum Saroeuth / Koy Kuong / Pakdi Touchayoot / Poipet International Checkpoint / Sem Makara / Thailand

With Thailand and Cambodia both feeling the pinch from the sudden exodus of more than 200,000 Cambodian workers out of Thailand, the two countries are now working together to try and get them back to their old jobs legally, as fast as possible. Some 225,000 Cambodians, mostly undocumented, have fled their jobs in Thailand in the past two weeks amid widespread rumors of a crackdown on illegal labor by the Thai Army, which has been ruling the country with an ever-tighter grip since overthrowing the government in Bangkok last month. Thai businesses have already started to complain of the costly dent that the sudden departures have had on farms, construction sites and seafood factories across the east of the country. In Cambodia, the government is scrambling to find the returnees new jobs and new skills at ill-equipped training centers. …

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