Over 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers flee Thailand in fears of junta’s crackdown: PM

26 June 2014
Xinhuanet News
Government / Human rights / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment / Social development
Hun Sen / National Council for Peace and Order / Prayuth Chan-ocha / Thailand

More than 250,000 Cambodian migrant workers, mostly undocumented, have fled Thailand since early this month in fears of a military junta’s clampdown on illegal foreign workers, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. “Up to now, over 250,000 Cambodians have crossed the border from Thailand back to Cambodia,” he said during the celebration of the International Day against Drug. “This is the largest-ever repatriation we have met. It is like a flood that strongly hits Cambodia.” …

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