PM urges migrant protection

ថ្ងៃទី ២៦ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១២
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ពលកម្ម / ដំណើរការតាក់តែងច្បាប់
បណ្តាប្រទេសនៅតំបន់អាស៊ាន / ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាសហគមន៍សង្គមវប្បធម៌អាស៊ាន / ស្ត្រីជំនួយការមេផ្ទះសញ្ជាតិកម្ពុជា / កម្មករធ្វើការតាមផ្ទះ / employemnt / exploitation / labor / labor rights / legal issues / ជំនួយពីប្រទេសម៉ាឡេស៊ី / migrant protection / migrant worker exploitation / ពលករចំណាកស្រុក / ក្រសួងការងារ / នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុន សែន / ការអភិវឌ្ឍក្នុងតំបន់ / regional legislative action / លក្ខខណ្ឌការងារ

Some 285 million workers will migrate for employment when ASEAN countries open their borders to each other in 2015, Prime Minister Hun Sen predicted yesterday, as he urged speedier regional legislative action to ensure they could travel safely. At an ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council meeting, the premier warned that some countries’ legislative barriers could prevent ASEAN from producing the necessary legal frameworks by the 2015 deadline. … Hun Sen banned Cambodian recruitment firms from sending domestic workers to Malaysia last October following a raft of abuses there including deaths, alleged rapes and beatings. … The only country with whom Cambodia has signed an MOU to curtail such exploitation is Thailand, where approximately 36,500 workers had migrated since 2006, Mean [a secretary of state at the Ministry of Labor] said. …

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