PUBLISHED : 28 Sep 2023 at 06:38
More than 3,000 migrants have been caught working without a permit as authorities crack down on those employed in jobs prohibited for foreign workers, according to the Department of Employment.
From October last year to Monday, the department randomly inspected 53,732 workplaces which hire migrant workers nationwide.
The agency found 3,464 migrant workers were employed without a permit.
Of them, 1,850 were from Myanmar, 636 from Cambodia, 562 from Lao, 145 from Vietnam and the rest from other countries. Also, another 1,634 workers were doing jobs prohibited for migrants.
Pairoj Chotikasathien, the department director-general, said 40 jobs are barred from being offered to migrants. Among the 40…
