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Myanmar to send 40,000 migrant workers to Thailand as offered

Xinhuanet | 17 august 2018 YANGON — Myanmar will send 40,000 migrant workers to work in Thailand’s fishing industry under a memorandum of understanding system in accordance with Thailand’s offer, Myanmar News Agency reported Friday. The issue topped the discussions on labor affairs between Myanmar Minister of Labor, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe and […]

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Fishing for migrant labour with MoUs

By: Penchan Charoensuthipan Bangkok Post | 18 August 2018 Myanmar has expressed an interest in sending 42,000 workers to fill vacancies in the commercial fishing sector, according to Labour Minister Pol Gen Adul Sangsingkeo. If the deal is signed, these workers, largely from coastal areas including Myeik and Kawthong, will be brought in under a

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Govt to seek migrants for fish industry

Bangkok Post | 6 August 2018 A plan to attract thousands of foreign workers into the Thai fishing industry is taking shape with Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo likely to meet his counterparts from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam after Aug 15 to establish the terms. Govt to seek migrants for fish industry The date is

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Workers group want Thailand to raise daily wages to 700 baht

By: Zaw Zaw HTWE Myanmar Times | 11 Oct 2017 Workers’ lobby groups wants the Thai government to raise daily wages for all workers, including local and foreign, to 700 baht (nearly K 28,500) from the current about 350 baht per day to commensurate with the rising cost of living. The Thailand labor unions, the

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Slow recruitment firm hit by migrant worker complaints

More than 100 hopeful migrant workers yesterday filed a complaint to the Labour Ministry over the sluggish processing times at one of its approved recruitment agencies. According to the complaint, 116 workers from Phnom Penh and other provinces contacted the SKMN Investment Company three months ago to have it prepare legal work documents for them

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Vongthep: On Thailand-Myanmar migration issues

By the Myanmar Times | 13 March 2017 Myanmar and Thailand signed a bilateral MOU to govern the labour migration between the two, especially from Myanmar to Thailand. The MOU provides a framework to facilitate regular labour migration by focusing more on admission procedures, prevention of irregular migration and employment, and repatriation of migrant workers,

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Labour firms reject report on migrant debt bondage

24 December 2015, Myanmar Times The report into working conditions in Thailand’s poultry industry named three licensed Myanmar recruiting firms – Yun Nadi Oo, Arbourfield and Top Today Star – that were sending workers to Thailand through official channels established under a 2003 memorandum of understanding. The report by European NGOs Swedwatch and Finnwatch said

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Thailand-Vietnam MoU on labour to take effect soon

23 December 2015, The Nation An agreement between Thailand and Vietnam on migrant labour is expected to take effect early next year. Thailand is also preparing to take workers from two other Asean nations under memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for the upcoming Asean Economic Community. Labour Minister General Sirichai Dithakul met yesterday with delegates from Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia

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