Tag: migrant workers

The CENTRAL base in Thailand providing emergency assistance and disseminating information on migrant workers' rights to Cambodian workers staying at the electronics factory in Chonburi province, on February 7, 2022. Photo: CENTRAL

Many Cambodian migrant workers abroad unable to vote in commune election

26 May 2022 2:53 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

More than 2 million Cambodian migrant workers living overseas will be unable to vote in the June 5 commune election because they couldn’t afford to…

Health officials interview returned Cambodian migrant workers in August 2021. Supplied

Over 300 Cambodian migrant workers returned from Thailand during pandemic positive for tuberculosis

26 Jan 2022 12:54 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

From January 2020 to November 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) screened 15,034 migrant workers in Cambodia for tuberculosis. It found that only 1,519…

A border protection police battallion based in Battambang province's Kamrieng district on Tuesday raided four guesthouses where illegal Cambodian migration workers stayed before allegedly attempting illegal crossings into Thailand. Photo sourced from the battallion's Facebook page.

In face of financial challenges, Cambodian migrant workers continue illegal border crossings

12 Oct 2021 9:58 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Battambang provincial police officials detained on Tuesday more than 100 migrant workers allegedly attempting to cross illegally into Thailand despite ongoing pandemic restrictions.

Longan plantations in Pailin province. Thai landowners are reportedly trying to attract Cambodian migrant workers across the border to help bring in this season's harvest. Supplied

Dozens of migrant workers seized trying to cross Thai border

7 Sep 2021 7:53 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

The Pailin provincial court is questioning a man allegedly responsible for bringing 47 Cambodian migrant workers, including minors, to work in Thailand illegally. The workers…

Cambodian migrant workers enter a quarantine center in Banteay Meanchey province's Phnom Srok district, August 16, 2021. Supplied Photo

Cambodian migrant workers return from Thailand continue to raise

16 Aug 2021 9:45 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

Cambodian migrant workers continue returning in large numbers, following the reopening of the Thai-Cambodian border late last week, with more than 1,400 returning to Banteay…

Cambodian migrant workers prepare to board a military truck to transport them from the Thai side of the border to the Cambodian side after, August 13, 2021. Supplied Photo

Cambodian migrant workers start coming home as border reopens

14 Aug 2021 7:05 AM|
Sam Sopich|

Migrant workers have started returning to Cambodia as Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints reopened Thursday and Friday, following a two-week shutdown to slow the spread of the…

A group of workers arranges their home at the temporary campsite near the Thai-Cambodian border. Supplied

Challenges for migrants trapped at makeshift border camps

7 Aug 2021 1:09 PM|
Khy Sovuthy|

“The truck driver and ringleader dropped us off near a mountain and we walked from 7 pm to 11 pm to arrive at the Thai-Cambodian…

Oddar Meanchey provincial authorities inspect a closed Thai-Cambodian border checkpoint on July 30, 2021.

Hundreds of Cambodian migrant workers blocked at border after Covid lockdown

4 Aug 2021 9:18 AM|
Khy Sovuthy|

Hundreds Cambodian migrant workers have been blocked from re-entering Cambodia since the government closed the Thai-Cambodian border Friday for two weeks to slow the spread…