Thailand tightens management of illegal migrant workers
Thailand’s Ministry of Labour on September 6 said that it stepped up a campaign against illegal migrant labourers who work in wrong professions and violate the Foreign Employment Act.
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Those targeted by the campaign are illegal migrants working in small businesses, selling, hairdressing, construction, carpentry, garment, and tourism.
According to Arak Prommanee, Director-General of the Department of Employment, the agency has inspected many areas in Bangkok and provinces with a large number of migrant labourers, who mostly come from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Meanwhile, Labour Permanent Secretary Boontarik Smithi said from the beginning of the year to August, a total of 2,419 migrant labourers were arrested because of working in the banned sectors.
They included 1,252 Myanmar people, 620 Cambodians, 196 Laotians, and 351 Vietnamese and Chinese.
