Business operators have submitted to the Labour Ministry requests for about 90,000 migrant workers under terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar last December.
Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said the ministry had received 1,349 applications from employers seeking a total migrant workforce of 90,071.
Most requests, 72.2%, are for workers from Myanmar, while 20.9% are for those from Cambodia and 6.8% from Laos.
Mr Suchart said the first group of 158 Cambodian workers under the MoU has already been placed in the seven-day quarantine process in Sa Kaeo’s Aranyaprathet district.
The migrant workers are fully vaccinated and have health insurance that covers Covid-19 treatment.
After passing the quarantine process, the workers will…
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