Thailand plans to extend migrant workers’ stay to address labour shortages
The Ministry of Labour of Thailand is negotiating with neighbouring countries to allow migrant workers who complete their four-year term this year to carry on working in the country for another six months.
Passengers wear face masks to avoid COVID-19 infection at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – The Ministry of Labour ofThailand is negotiating with neighbouring countries to allow migrant workerswho complete their four-year term this year to carry on working in the country foranother six months.
Local media cited Boonchob Suttamanaswong, the Labour Minister'sPermanent Secretary, as saying that the goal is to help businesses that rely onmigrants to operate smoothly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aim is to prevent labour shortages and ensure the workingenvironment is safe from COVID-19 by ensuring the same staff stay with acompany longer, he said after a recent meeting of the policy committee onmigrant worker management.
Director-General of the Employment Department PairojChotikasathien noted migrant workers normally are allowed to work in Thailandfor two years but the term can be extended another two years for four years intotal. After completing their terms, they need to return to theircountries and resubmit requests to work in Thailand.
Last December, the Thaigovernment signed a memorandum of understanding on labour with Cambodia, Laos,and Myanmar with a view to ensuring a good balance between containing thespread of COVID-19, protecting workers’ rights, and responding to the growingdemand for migrant workers
According to the Federationof Thai Industries, the country urgently needs 800,000 migrant workers to servethe manufacturing sector as well as tourism and service businesses that arestruggling to deal with a labour shortage./.
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Passengers wear face masks to avoid COVID-19 infection at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
