Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand and Myanmarhave reached a deal on the issuance of official documents to Myanmar workers,allowing them to work legally in the country, according to local media.
Thai Labour Minister Sirichai Distakul had a recentvisit to Myanmar to discus solutions to the migrant labour issue.
In the past two weeks, after Thailand’s newregulations on foreign workers took effect, dozens of thousand of Myanmar andCambodian workers left for their home countries, affecting the nation’s economyand society.
The regulations impose heavy fines on migrantlabourers who do not have work permit.
The two countries will work together to ensurethat Myanmar workers will be documented to work legally in Thailand byrechecking their documents from July 24 to August 8, said Myanmar Minister forLabour, Immigration and Population Thein Swe following his meeting with ThaiLabour Minister in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
There will be no cost for the service forworkers, and Myanmar will open six additional offices to issue the certificateof identity (CI) to Myanmar labourers, helping them work legally in Thailand,he added.
Mobile teams of Thai authorities will also issueCI cards to Myanmar migrant workers who cannot return to Myanmar, then sendtheir registration documents to the Myanmar side.
These workers will become legal after theirgovernment grants passports or other legal documents to them.-VNA
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