CNI News
20 June 2024
Overseas employment agencies have changed and sent more workers to China, Vietnam and Laos rather than usual countries reportedly from overseas employment agencies.
China and Myanmar are negotiating so that Myanmar workers could be officially sent to China, overseas employment agencies told CNI News.
Because of the age limitations on the workers who will go abroad to work, licensed overseas employment agencies are making a loss. So, the agencies have changed and sent workers to Vietnam and Laos, U Win Myint, managing director of Lucky Overseas Employment Agency, told CNI News.
" Malaysia has suspended calling jobs at all. Workers only from old demand letters are being sent to Thailand. Demand letters coming from Thailand have decreased. They are trying to officially send Myanmar workers to China. Myanmar workers are being sent to Vietnam and Laos as garment factory workers. although there is no MoU, if you get demand letters, you can submit them to officials concerned and then you can send workers these countries if the government permits. There have been MoUs between Myanmar and Laos or China." he said.
While seeing an overseas employment agency
Moreover, as agencies are competitively purchasing demand letters, a demand letter is paid 10,000 baht and if the demand letter were from factories, a demand letter would be paid until 30,000 baht reportedly.
As there is a need for labor in China, officials from the two countries are negotiating and discussing so that Myanmar workers can be officially sent to China. If it was convenient, China will become another country where Myanmar workers can be sent to, an official from the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation (MOEAF) told CNI News.
While seeing a labor office
" Officials are still trying to send Myanmar workers to China. A lot of workers cannot be sent to China as yet. We have to send the workers under an MoU. But 90 Myanmar workers have been sent to China. The China side is desperately in need of workers. As the salaries are raised in Vietnam, they want to call Myanmar workers anymore." he said.
The agencies that have sent Myanmar workers abroad from September, 2023 to April, 2024 must submit remittance accounts of the workers to their families during the first five days of each month starting from June, 2024, said in the letter released by the Ministry of Labor.
Moreover, because the agencies don't comply with the instruction will be taken action against, the agencies are finding it difficult reportedly.
