Migrants needed for another year
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The Labour Ministry will ask the Cabinet for permission to let 237,981 workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia to stay in Thailand for another year, as the agency is concerned about the shortage of registered workers, Prawit Khiengphon, director-general o
Some 59,000 Myanmar nationals, 115,899 Cambodians and 63,082 Laotians are among 651,143 migrant workers who applied for legal registration but their documents had yet to be issued ahead of the August 11 deadline, he said. The agency will ask the countries to send over officials to identify the workers so Thai authorities can process their applications, he said.
