Passport Posts A Go

29 March 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Informal migration for labor / Labor / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment
Aranyaprathet District / Banteay Meanchey / Battambang Province / border crossing / illegal migrants / illegal migration / Interior Minister Sar Kheng / Ly Chandara / Ministry of Interior / Oddar Meanchey / passport office / Phnom Penh / Sar Kheng / Thailand

Cambodia is making plans to open passport offices along its border with Thailand in a bid to cut down on illegal migration, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced yesterday. Speaking at the close of a migration workshop, Kheng said that officials are already preparing to open a new passport office in Battambang province and will open others in major border-crossing provinces such as Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey in the future. “I have agreed to create passport posts along the border to provide passport services to Cambodian workers going to Thailand,” he said. “At least they can cross into Thailand legally, even if they have worked illegally.” …

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