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NEWS ON MIGRANTS

Illegal workers given last chance to register

 

NEWS ON REFUGEES

KNLA Brigade 7 HQ Falls—Thailand Repatriates Refugees

 

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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
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Illegal workers given last chance to register

SITTHIPOJ KEBUI

23/06/2009 at 12:00 AM

 

Labour Ministry to take control of alien hirings

The Labour Ministry is overhauling regulations in an effort to tackle the long-standing problem of illegal alien workers.

Speaking during an inspection tour here, Labour Minister Paitoon Kaewthong yesterday said new rules governing alien workers should be in place by early next year.

The new policy calls for business operators to procure alien workers through the Labour Ministry, making it the sole supplier of non-Thai workers.

The ministry will sign labour employment agreements with neighbouring countries to ensure no alien workers enter the workforce in Thailand illegally, he said.

Illegal workers already in the country will be allowed to register from July 1 to 30. After that a crackdown will be mounted.

“This will be the final opening for them. Those in hiding should step forward and get registered,” Mr Paitoon said.

“A crackdown will certainly follow. We will not allow them to beg on the streets like we see them doing these days.

“The law will be strictly enforced.”

Once registered, the alien workers would be allowed to stay in Thailand until the end of February 2010, after which they would be required to undergo national identification if they wish to continue their stay and remain employed in the country, he said.

If their national identities were endorsed by their governments, they would be issued a two-year work permit, Mr Paitoon said.

Work permit holders would then be eligible for standardised wages and social welfare and social security coverage, which are now being studied.

But he said pregnant workers would not be allowed to give birth in Thailand. Bringing in family members to join them also would not be tolerated.

“We will not encourage them to have families or get pregnant while they are working here.

“Two months before they are due, they will be required to return home to give birth,” he said.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/18962/illegal-workers-given-last-chance-to-register

 

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NEWS ON REFUGEES
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KNLA Brigade 7 HQ Falls—Thailand Repatriates Refugees

By SAW YAN NAING Monday, June 22, 2009

 

A joint force of Burmese army troops and soldiers of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) seized the headquarters of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 7 on Sunday, its most important victory in a weeks-long offensive in the Burmese-Thai border area,

As fighting raged, Karen sources said the Thai authorities are forcibly repatriating refugees who had fled to Thailand.

The fall of the brigade headquarters of the Karen National Union (KNU) military wing was confirmed by Maj Hla Ngwe, joint secretary (1) of the KNU, who said KNLA forces would now resort to “guerrilla tactics.” only one KNLA Brigade 7 base remained intact, he said.

Hla Ngwe said seven soldiers of the attacking force had died when the assault on the Brigade 7 headquarters began on June 19.

KNU sources say the KNLA’s Brigade 7 has also lost three battalion bases—21, 22 and 101. Half of the battalion 202 base has also been taken.

Hla Ngwe said the loss of the KNLA Brigade 7 headquarters could have an effect on the work of Burmese opposition organizations based in the Thai border town of Mae Sot.

About 4,000 Karen refugees have fled to Thailand since the offensive began in the first week of June. Many are being forced by the Thai authorities to return to Burma, according to local sources.

The Karen Women Organization (KWO) issued a statement on Monday saying it was deeply concerned about the repatriation of Karen families from Tha Song Yang in Thailand’s Tak Province, and appealing for international action to help the refugees.

Aid groups, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Thai authorities are now discussing the problem.

KWO Secretary Dah Eh Kler said: “Thai authorities should at least wait and assess the situation. Forcing these people to return during the rainy season and to places where they still have every reason to fear for their lives is inhuman and a violation of their rights.” 

The KWO said the repatriated Karen faced human rights abuses and even death.
“Women are vulnerable to rape if they are forced to return,” said the KWO statement, drawing attention to the rape and murder last week of two young Karen women by Burmese soldiers. 

The two women, aged 17 and 18, were caught by Burmese army soldiers in Kwee Law Plo village in Pa-an district when their husbands fled into the jungle. The soldiers, from Infantry Battalion 205, raped and then murdered the women, one of whom was pregnant and the other was the mother of a six-months-old baby.

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16149

 

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http://www.nmg-news.com/nmg/news220609a.html

 

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