Low turnout for migrant registration

The number of workers who submitted the required paperwork on the first day of migrant worker registration was fewer than expected but the Labour Ministry’s Employment Department insists it is satisfied with the figure of 11,000 who enrolled via its online portal, a seminar was told on Friday.

One migrant worker, Khang Min Lwin, told the virtual seminar there were only 640 people registering with the department online on the first day of registration on Friday.

Khang, a Myanmar worker at a factory in Samut Prakan, said many migrant workers were employed in Thailand but few had the money to pay for registration.

Those who did not have an employer or an address also had problems registering with the department. They turned to agents who usually charged 3,000-4,000 baht for their services to help them register, he said.

The virtual online seminar on the registration…