Migration
Informal migration for labor
Vietnamese workers face deportation
The Immigration Department has detained 27 Vietnamese migrants suspected of being in Cambodia illegally. The undocumented workers, 20 men and seven women, were arrested on Friday in Phnom Penh’s Toul Kork district. Chief investigator at the Immigration Department, Major General Uk Hiesela, said they were arrested ...
Domestic workers rescued from Malaysia
The Cambodian consul-general in Malaysia on April 12 helped repatriate eight Cambodian domestic workers who were forced to work in grueling conditions in Malaysia. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Chum Sounry said on April 12 that the Cambodian embassy in Kuala Lumpur intervened to help the ...
Savannakhet bridge immigration fee ruling not yet enforced
Immigration staff at the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, which links Savannakhet province to Mukdahan province in Thailand, are still waiting for instructions from the provincial office about ending the collection of immigration and service fees. Head of bridge operations, Mr Bounkham Phutthichak, told Vientiane Times by ...
Korean language test draws 30,000 workers
More than 30,000 people have applied to sit for a Korean language proficiency test, which is a requirement for those hoping to work in South Korea, said Daw Thin Thin Lwin, staff officer of the Government Overseas Employment Agency. The applications were released to be sold ...
Vietnamese migrants facing deportation
Immigration police on March 21 arrested 15 Vietnamese who had crossed the border illegally as part of an operation to check on foreigners living and working in Cambodia. Major General Ouk Heisela, the director of inspection at the Interior Ministry’s general department of immigration, said his ...
Workers to be sent for S Korean fishing industry
Myanmar plans to send workers for the fishing industry in South Korea as there is a demand for labour in that sector, said U Thein Win, director of the Migration Affairs Department under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. “We find our workers are joining ...
ASEAN bats for migrant workers’ protection, civil service professionalization
Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are pushing for the adoption of policies and measures to protect migrant workers, and the professionalization of the civil service among member countries. The 17th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council meeting held at the Iloilo Convention Center here ...
Thailand repatriates more than 1,000
A surge in the number of Cambodian migrant workers sent back from Thailand through the Daung International Checkpoint in Battambang province has puzzled authorities. More than 1,000 migrant workers came back into Kamrieng district over a three-day period last week, according to a National Police report. ...
Thais deport more than 300
More than 300 undocumented Cambodian migrant workers were deported from Thailand on Tuesday afternoon through the Daung International Checkpoint in Battambang province, according to local media. While border officials and police in the area were tight-lipped, a stringer for Koh Santepheap Daily who asked not ...
Khmers rescued from Malaysia, China
Three women and a child have been repatriated from Malaysia after being cheated by their brokers or subjected to laborious work. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Chum Sounry, the Cambodian embassy in Malaysia rescued a Cambodian woman and her three-year-old son who were forced ...
