Red tape and the tedious approach of admitting migrant workers could lead to Thailand slipping further in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, experts say.
The sight of illegal migrant job seekers streaming across the borders in search of jobs is just one side of many complex problems in the labour sector.
As the intensity of the Covid-19 pandemic in the kingdom eases, many businesses have reopened.
However, many are short of legally registered migrant workers who have gone back to their home countries and until recently were unable to return on account of both the virus and regulatory hindrances.
Measure to decriminalise
Illegal migrant workers are given a chance of attaining legal status via a measure called jer, jab, jod (found, arrested and registered).
If workers who have overstayed their visas or abandoned their…
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