Thai Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said the Myanmar authorities have agreed to send more workers to Thailand to work in the fishing industry through a government's MoU scheme to help with labour shortages.
Thailand and Myanmar have reached a deal on the issuance of official documents to Myanmar workers, allowing them to work legally in the country, according to local media.
The Thai National Council for Peace and Order requested the Ministry of Labour to review a new labour law which has been causing a flux of foreign workers returning home from Thailand.
Thailand has set up the Fishermen’s Life Enhancement Centre in the southern province of Songkhla to tackle human trafficking and illegal labour and to support migrant workers.
Myanmar state advisor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai vowed to promote the countries’ relations in all sectors during their meeting on May 9.
The military and police of Thailand ’s Surat Thani province will
launch a crackdown on illegal foreign migrant workers on Koh Tao after
they found that business operators on the island deliberately refused to
give accurate information about the number of foreign migrant workers
they have employed.
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