Work the most common reason for migrating, says statistical agency
Workers process chickens at a Charoen Pokphand Foods plant in Nakhon Ratchasima. (File photo)
About 809,000 people migrated to other provinces, mainly for work, between October and December of last year, according to the National Statistical Office of Thailand.
The Central Plains saw the most migration with about 345,000 people, or 42.6% of all people who migrated during the period, said Piyanuch Wuttison, director of the office. The country’s population is around 69.9 million.
Bangkok last year had the lowest migration rate at 6.8%, or about 55,000 people, she said.
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