Banglamung District Chief
Sakchai Taengho (left) and Pattaya City Entrepreneur Federation President
Sa-nga Kitsamret (right) meet with representatives of the public and private
sectors to explain the registration process for foreign workers.
Jetsada Homklin
Area business owners and public officials continued educational
efforts aimed at solving the crisis over foreign laborers at a meeting in
Pattaya.
The Pattaya City Entrepreneur Federation organized the meeting on
foreign-labor registration July 8 following announcements by the National
Council on Peace and Order to both clamp down on human trafficking and use
of illegal migrant laborers in the construction, fishing and
domestic-service industries.
The impending crackdown ignited a historic exodus of Cambodians back to
their homeland amid rumors or beatings and arrests by the military. The
rumors proved untrue, but more than 200,000 Cambodians fled Thailand,
leaving construction sites across the Eastern Seaboard with a severe
shortage of workers.
The junta has since offered limited amnesty for illegals, allowing employers
to register their remaining labor force before the end of July, permitting
them to obtain 60-day temporary work visas. The NCPO opened two registration
centers in Chonburi, as well as six other provinces.
Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho and federation president Sa-nga
Kitsamret met with participants both from the public and private sectors to
discuss the new labor environment and explain the registration process.
Officials explained the junta’s position and the process for registering
foreign workers.
