
“Sensible” would have been giving a notice period before introducing the law. Sensible would have been discussing it with relevant bodies involved with the labour sector, rather than rushing it through with Article 44. Sensible would have been allowing the 2-3 million migrant workers who registered in Thailand to be able to continue to do so, rather than having to go home to fill in a piece of paper. Sensible would have been to properly think through the fine details rather than just coming up with a crazy number.
The PM has some balls to ask everyone else to be sensible, when his legislation is totally lacking in any such quality.
darksidedog
So the guys on the ground can decide how to interpret and implement the law – just decide what is “sensible” on a case-by-case basis. In other words, the more “incentives” you get the more “sensible” you can be.
JonnyF
The report notes that, “Thai industries and many households rely heavily on manpower from neighbouring countries.”
But the Thai government didn’t bother to coordinate the proposed laws with neighbouring countries before passing them to confirm the viability of the laws from the viewpoint of the migrants. Case in point: “Thailand will no longer allow registration of illegal migrant workers inside the country, so they have to return home to get proper documentation before entering Thailand to work, even though 2 to 3 million migrant workers were previously allowed to be registered domestically.”
Just plain irresponsible lack of oversight and planning by a Thai government that is too used to being dictatorial in its decision-making process.
Srikcir
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