CNI News

5 July 2024

According to the four month long arresting plan, the Thai authorities are searching, checking and arresting all over the country and they could more strictly check and arrest in the border areas, U Aung Kyaw from the Labor Rights Foundation, told CNI News.

" Every country gives priority to their countries' security. The Thai authorities will more strictly check the border camps or outposts, and the channels of human traffickers and brokers, I think. More security forces will be deployed. Those who want to enter Thailand for many reasons need to read or listen to news and information in advance." he said.

The Thai authorities have officially release the four month (120 days) long arresting plan that would. arrest, fine and send back to native countries if undocumented migrant workers were found. 

The plan started in June and within the first 24 days of the plan, nearly 80,000 illegal migrant workers were arrested and of them, over 60,000 are Myanmar migrant workers, stated the Thai Ministry of Labor.

While seeing a fishery workplace in Thailand

During the period of arresting plan, because the number of people who came and applied for CI was few, CI book issuing process would be suspended starting from 7th July, announced the Thai Ministry of Labor.

" At first, they said that CI issuing would be transferred to the Myanmar Embassy in October. But now they will transfer before October to want those who don't have CI books to apply for CI." said Ko Moe Lay who lives in Mae Sot told CNI News.

Migrant workers with work permits were included in the people who were arrested because they were working in the different places from those described on documents reportedly.

According to the Thai law, undocumented workers and workers working in the employments that they are not allowed - if they were found, they would be fined 5,000 to 50,000 bahts. Moreover, they would be sent back to their native countries and banned from working for two years.

According to the current plan, the Thai authorities entered 203 places including shops, factories, workshops, construction sites and restaurants and arrested illegals reportedly.