Police rescue stranded Cambodians

5 August 2014
The Nation
Human rights / Human trafficking / Informal migration for labor / Labor / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment / Social development
Bangkok / Kantang district / Koh Mook / Phraya Ratsadanu Pradit Camp / Rong Kleu market / Sa Kaew province / Sumet Mahosot / Thai Employment Department / Thailand / Trang province / Yan Ta Khao district

Seventy-five Cambodian workers and six children marooned for 10 days after being lured to build a resort on Koh Mook in Trang’s Kantang district were rescued on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, Employment Department chief Sumet Mahosot yesterday said 444,097 migrant workers and 48,541 accompanying persons had registered at the 34 “one-stop” service centres nationwide and as a result the scheme would be expanded to 53 provinces and the operation time extended until next March 31. Sunday’s rescue mission by Trang marine police and soldiers from the Phraya Ratsadanu Pradit Camp began after the workers asked local villagers to call the authorities so they could return to Cambodia. …

 Khanita Sitong and Thammarat Kijchalong
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