"Migrant Workers"

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.

The amount of money migrant workers send to their home countries usually holds up well in a crisis. Not this time.

Paramilitary rangers rounded up 16 Cambodian workers while they were being led by two Cambodian agents in an attempt to cross the natural borderline into Cambodia from behind the Rong Klua Market and the Ban Khlong Leuk Train Station in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district on Monday.

The government and private sectors are urged to boost the rights and welfare standards of migrant workers, allowing more labourers in the fishery industry to voice their concerns directly to top company executives, said a representative of the Migrants Workers’ Rights Network (MWRN).