| 27 Dec 12 | 3-month migrant amnesty -- Foreign workers who failed to register with the government's nationality verification scheme by Dec 14 are being threatened with arrest and deportation. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 27 Dec 12 | Unverified migrant workers get 3 months -- The migrant-worker management committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung, agreed with the ministry's proposal to relax measures for the more than 260,000 migrant workers in Thailand and grant them extra time to apply for a work permit, Vice Labour Minister Anusorn Kraiwatnusorn said. ( The Nation ) |
| 26 Dec 12 | Unverified migrants to get an extension -- The government will today offer a three-month moratorium to the 266,677 migrant workers from Myanmar and other neighbouring countries who failed to meet the December 14 deadline for nationality verification, the Employment Department said yesterday. ( The Nation ) |
| 26 Dec 12 | Migrant workers left in limbo as meeting delayed -- A delay would give migrant workers who failed to verify their nationality by the December 14 deadline an opportunity to process their requests to have work permits within three months, said Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap. ( The Nation ) |
| 24 Dec 12 | Migrant deal stalls as talks break down -- The signing of a labour employment agreement between Thailand and Myanmar has been postponed indefinitely after the two countries failed to agree on extending the nationality verification process for migrant workers. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 21 Dec 12 | Migration policy needs overhaul -- Thailand should promote and encourage all origin countries of irregular workers to issue passports to their irregular workers in Thailand (and the Thai authorities likewise reciprocate by issuing visas and work permits) in ways that are cost effective, transparent and swift. Myanmar has requested this and was rebuffed, now Cambodia also. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Dec 12 | Govt may become lenient on migrants -- The ministry's permanent secretary Somkiat Chayasriwong disclosed the measure yesterday after emerging from a meeting with representatives of the Federation of Thai Industries and the Thai Chamber of Commerce. ( The Nation ) |
| 19 Dec 12 | 300,000 face deportation as NV ends -- More than 300,000 immigrant workers will be deported after the nationality verification (NV) deadline ended on Friday last week. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 19 Dec 12 | Thousands not yet deported -- About 150,000 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand still have yet to be deported after missing the Friday deadline to complete Thailand’s nationality verification process, which would have allowed them to stay in the country legally, Cambodian border police said yesterday. ( http://www.phnompenhpost.com ) |
| 17 Dec 12 | Migrant workers race to beat document deadline -- Foreign labourers had until yesterday to prove their nationality, and those who fail to do so will be repatriated, according to Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap. ( The Nation ) |
| 17 Dec 12 | About 20 children trafficked per month across Thai-Burmese border -- It is estimated that an average of 20 children per month are trafficked across the Thai-Burmese border, said Aung Myo Min, the director of Human Rights Education Institute of Burma, speaking in Rangoon at an anti-child-trafficking ceremony held on Wednesday, December 12, the official International Day Against Child Trafficking—the first time it has been held in Burma. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Dec 12 | ILO chief lauds minimum wage policy -- In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Guy Ryder, who took the helm of the United Nations agency on October 1, said the policy to impose a blanket Bt300 minimum wage nationwide next year was a significant step to benefit working people. However, he acknowledged that it was a matter of controversy. ( The Nation ) |
| 12 Dec 12 | Thailand set to deport migrant workers -- More than 1 million migrants living in Thailand face deportation unless they get official working papers by this Friday. ( http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-12-11/thailand-set-to-deport-migrant-workers/1059358 ) |
| 12 Dec 12 | Group calls on govt to help SMEs -- The federation said it expected up to 100 SMEs to go out of business every year if the government failed to offer any assistance ( The Nation ) |
| 12 Dec 12 | Health workers to get upgrade -- Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong said yesterday the status upgrade - which covers medical, dentistry and pharmacy scholarship recipients - would apply to 7,547 positions in the first year and require Bt1.1 billion a year from the ministry's coffers. ( The Nation ) |
| 11 Dec 12 | Myanmar migrant workers face deportation -- The Thai government announced that Myanmar migrant workers will be arrested and deported if they fail to register under the government’s National Verification Programme (NVP) before a December 14 deadline. ( Laborstart ) |
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