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Bangkok Post: Migrants in a bind – Editorial

Source: BurmaNet
Samut Sakhon : Thailand | about 1 month ago  
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Thailand needs to solve the problem of underground migrant workers, now estimated at 3 million strong. The challenge is how to do it right. The annual registration system has failed miserably because the procedures are too complicated and costly, and job registration does not automatically extend...
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