"Migrant Workers"

A new police team has been set up to investigate fake employment documents submitted by fishing boat owners in Chonburi and Rayong.

The government will import migrant workers to eight Thai provinces under an agreement to tackle illegal trafficking and a labour shortage estimated at 800,000 workers.

The government is planning to allow up to 400,000 migrant workers from three neighboring countries to work in Thailand legally in a bid to reduce the smuggling of illegal migrants via border provinces and prevent the spreading of Covid-19, said Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday.

As of September 17, more than 50,000 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Unicef along with USAid and other NGO partners are distributing critical supplies and training communities on Covid-19 protection in high-risk areas in Thailand to help curb infections and mitigate the impact on vulnerable people, including migrants.

Five hundred migrant workers have been successfully treated for Covid-19 and will be handed certificates of recovery, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said.

Bangkok authorities are speeding up the mission to screen migrant workers for Covid-19 across the capital.

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) announced on Thursday that it will ensure the safety of all its staff, especially migrant workers, who it says are being treated in line with international standards.

Samut Prakan police said the six have been charged of killing another Myanmar man, aged 19, adding that they have also found the foot-long knife that was used.

Jeus Joaquin helped New Zealand beat back the coronavirus as the nation's confirmed cases gradually fell to zero in May. During New Zealand's 49-day lockdown, the 34-year-old emergency department nurse treated covid-19 patients at Thames Hospital, on the country's North Island.

Samut Sakhon province is bracing for the 5,400 migrant workers set to return from Myanmar next month by demanding that employers arrange facilities for their 14-day quarantine. 

Shekor arrived in Singapore a decade ago at age 17, one of many low-income migrant workers who have powered the city's growth, building hospitals, subway lines and the Marina Bay Sands resort.