DoE approves over 140,000 alien workers
New migrant MoU hits ground running
Applications for employment in Thailand have been approved for more than 140,000 migrant workers through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with three neighbouring countries, according to the Department of Employment (DoE).
Employers have lodged applications with the department to bring in 167,961 migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, said DoE director-general Pairoj Chotikasathien yesterday.
Among them, 117,029 are being sought from Myanmar, 38,933 from Cambodia and the balance from Laos.
Of the applications filed so far, 144,709 have been approved.
More than 10,000 Cambodian and Lao migrants have so far arrived on the MoU-based employment visa. However, far fewer have come from Myanmar due to the country’s ongoing…
