Today (June 19, 2020) Member of Parliament and spokesperson for the Labour Commission Ms. Anusee Tubsuwan, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat and the Department of Employment’s Deputy Director-General Mr. Cherdsak Wisuttikul visited the area to meet, give food and informative handouts to educate migrant workers about their benefits as a worker in Thailand (in Burmese). They also joined in the send-off of Myanmar foreign to the Thai-Myanmar border province, to return home to the country. The workers will travel from Mo Chit Bus Terminal to the crossing point in Mae Sot, Tak. The occasion took place at the Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak), Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok. The Director of the Bangkok Employment Office, Area 9, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Transport, Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Thailand also participated in this event.
Member of Parliament and spokesperson for the Labour Commission Ms. Anusee Tubsuwan said that migrant workers from Myanmar who moved to the Thai-Myanmar border, to return to their home country by traveling from Mo Chit Bus Terminal to the crossing point in Mae Sot, Tak, started operations on May 22, 2020. Today there are 126 people who are travelling. From May 22 to June 19, 2020, a total of 5,200 Myanmar migrant workers have returned to their country. The workers represent various labour groups which are:
- The group that has come to work in Thailand following the immigration law under the Memorandum of Understanding on Labor Cooperation between the Government of Thailand and the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (MOU) with a term of employment for 2 years and 4 years, where the term to remain in the Kingdom has ended.
- The group following to the Cabinet resolution on August 20, 2019 (pink card group) whose work permit expire on March 31, 2022, but the employer has temporarily suspended operations due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
- The group wishing to return to their home country.
The workers came from the general field in construction work, factory work, and restaurants, from Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Chon Buri, Phuket, Nakhon Pathom, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Phang Nga.
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Division of Public Relations
19 June 2020
