Thailand turns to Sri Lanka to plug labour gap after Cambodian exodus

22 August 2025
Kiripost
Formal labor / International relations / Labor
border dispute / Cambodia-Thailand Border / immigrant workers / labour shortage

The recent border clash forced about 910,000 Cambodian migrant workers to return home, leaving Thailand facing a labour shortage that it is filling by hiring from countries including Sri Lanka, while Cambodia pledges to reintegrate returnees into its own economy despite concerns about limited job opportunities. …

 Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/thailand-turns-to-sri-lanka-to-plug-labour-gap-after-cambodian-exodus

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