‘One-stop office’ to help migrants at border

20 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Government / Human rights / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Local workers abroad / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Offshore recruitment and employment / Social development / The poor
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training / Poipet International Checkpoint / Seng Sakada

Following an exodus of more than 200,000 Cambodian workers from Thailand in the past two weeks, the junta has urged Cambodia to expedite planned border offices that will facilitate legal labour migration. Responding to that request, Cambodia announced yesterday that the first “one-stop service office” would open at Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet International Checkpoint in July. The office will assist migrant workers with the large amount of paperwork required by both countries, ideally streamlining the process and enticing workers to go abroad solely through legal channels. …

 Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
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