Cambodian migrant workers leaving Thailand hit 225,000: official

19 June 2014
Xinhuanet News
Government / Human rights / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment / Social development
Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian-Thai Border Relation Affairs Office / Pich Vanna / Sar Kheng / Thailand

The Thai military junta sent other 5,000 Cambodian migrant workers back to Cambodia on Thursday, bringing the total number of Cambodian laborers deported from or fled Thailand over fears of a junta’s crackdown on illegal foreign workers to 225,000, a senior official said. “As of Thursday evening, about 225,000 Cambodian migrant workers, mostly illegal ones, have been repatriated from Thailand,” Major Gen. Pich Vanna, chief of Cambodian-Thai Border Relation Affairs Office, said via telephone. “About 5,000 laborers were sent back to Cambodia from Thailand today (Thursday).” …

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