Recruitment agencies operate without oversight

1 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Government services / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Offshore recruitment and employment / Provincial and local governments
168 Manpower Supply / An Bunhak / B.S.R.O. Best Manpower / Cambodian Labor Supply / Duch Sothearith / Heng Suor / James Kosem / Kousoum Saroeuth / Mao Chan Dara / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Labor / Passport Department / Thailand / Top Manpower recruitment agency

In June, after about a quarter million migrant workers returned from their jobs in Thailand fearing the military junta’s crackdown on illegal labor, Cambodia’s government announced it had slashed the cost of emigration, and would charge workers only $49 to legally return to work across the border. But Srey Pech, a recruitment agency manager, is charging migrant workers up to $600 to help them find work in Thailand. …

 Phorn Bopha and Alex Consiglio
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/recruitment-agencies-operate-without-oversight-65497/