On September 5, 2018, at 09.00, H.E. Police General Adul Sangsingkeo, Minister of Labour, presided over a meeting to tackle the shortage of marine fishermen at the meeting room, 5th Floor, Ministry of Labour to follow up on the shortage of fishing labor. And ordering 22 jobs in the sea, followed by employers and fishermen to expatriate migrant workers under section 83 of the Fisheries Provisions Act BE 2558, the OSS will be extended to 22 provinces by the sea, schedule an appointment for the employer to bring the labor to the registration in the set including all the agencies to accelerate the release.
For the progress of allowing Vietnamese laborers who illegally work in Thailand to leave the Kingdom and to work in the MOU by adding jobs, working in the house and laborers in all businesses, as well as Laborers of 3 nationalities prepared to send delegates to the Ministry of Labour to visit Vietnam for a meeting to discuss common guidelines for action by mid of September, Gen. Adul finally said.
The number of fishery workers under Section 83 has been extended to 1,421 persons: Cambodian 917, Lao 25, Myanmar 479, and Songkhla has the highest number of foreign workers then Pattani, Prachuapkhirikhan, Samut Prakan, and Chumphon. The period of stay and work in the Kingdom for 2 years to 30 September 2020, one year at a time from 20 August to 30 September 2018 as well as employers, entrepreneurs fishing lodge needs to import workers under the MOU, the number of 12 868 people: Cambodia 7386, Laos 352, and Myanmar 5,006.
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