Nearly all illegal Cambodian migrants working in Thailand return home: labor minister

20 June 2014
Xinhuanet News
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Cambodian-Thai Border Relation Affairs Office / Ith Samheng / Pich Vanna / Sar Kheng / Thailand

Cambodian Minister of Labor Ith Samheng said Friday that nearly all illegal Cambodian migrant laborers working in Thailand have returned home in fears of a junta’s crackdown on illegal foreign workers. … Major Gen. Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodian-Thai Border Relation Affairs Office, said the Thai junta sent 1,300 illegal Cambodian migrants back home on Friday, bringing the total number of Cambodian laborers deported from or fled Thailand to 226,000 in the last two weeks. …

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