Thailand approves process to bring in migrant workers
The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) of Thailand on November 12 approved a process to bring migrant workers into the country to solve the ongoing labour shortage, with rules to ensure the workers are free of infectious diseases.
Bangkok (VNA) – TheCentre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) of Thailand on November 12 approved aprocess to bring migrant workers into the country to solve the ongoing labourshortage, with rules to ensure the workers are free of infectious diseases.
CCSAspokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said the Labour Ministry has proposed eightsteps to ensure people from other countries can be safely hired without importingany fresh cases of COVID-19, and the CCSA has given its official consent. Thenew rules are due to take effect next month.
Workersmust carry their approval forms with them as well as COVID-19 test results,vaccination documents, visas and information showing where they will bequarantined and what transport they are taking.
Fullyvaccinated migrant workers must be quarantined for at least seven days andtested twice, while the unvaccinated have to spend two weeks in quarantine andcarry out the same number of tests. Their employers will be responsible for allmedical charges.
A survey of the Thai Employment Department in May this year showed😼 Thai enterpriꦐses needed 256,029 workers from Myanmar, 130,138 from Cambodia and 38,536 from Laos, mostly for jobs in agriculture, animal husbandry, construction, hotel and garment./.
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