BANGKOK, Nov 21 — Two groups of Lao officials will arrive in Thailand early next month to help the Thai labour ministry in the nationality verification identification for Lao people working in this country, said Pichit Nilthongkum, director of Labour Ministry’s Office of Foreign Workers Administration.
A total of 213,374 Lao workers plus 9,139 dependents have registered with the Ministry’s Employment Department, said Mr Pichit, adding that the Lao government had informed the department that two groups of Lao officials would arrive in Thailand early December to help in the process.
Initially, said Mr Pichit, a centre to prove the workers’ Lao nationality would be established in Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng district while another aspect will be a mobile unit.
Registration of migrant workers and followers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia between June 26 and October 31 this year totaled 1,610,681 persons. Of the total, Bangkok ranked first in the number of migrant workers and dependents with 319,143 persons followed by Chon Buri with 141,913 and Samut Sakhon with 98,357 persons respectively.
