Migrant Working Group  submitted concerns to the Minister of Labor regarding the labor situation in Cambodia, urging them to urgently address the labor shortage after over 300,000 people have returned home. They stated that while they distrust their own government, they are unsure about Thailand's safety and its nationalism. They proposed 10 recommendations for managing Cambodian workers, including: protecting their safety, opening fast-track registration channels, exempting them from visa applications, and establishing a working group to address the border labor shortage.

Migrant Working Group (MWG) does not agree with the use of violence against civilians regardless of their affiliation.” The use of armed or military forces against unarmed civilians leads to no solution.

To address the immediate problems and mitigate impact on both Cambodian workers and Thai farmers along the Thailand-Cambodia border, we urge the government, the Ministry of Labour, and the Ministry of Interior to consider take the following actions urgently; 

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the government should set out legal frameworks and create a mechanism to monitor workplaces that employ migrant workers to ensure they shall be responsible for any expense incurred from the recruitment based on the employer pay principle.[1] Such expense should be calculated as part of the production cost by the employers themselves.

The Migrant Working Group (MWG) urges the government to adhere to the principle of the best interests of the child to ensure a compliance with Thailand’s statement to help promote the work of the UN Human Rights Council towards a truly improved human rights situation.

Migrant Working Group (MWG) urges that the Thai government stop ignoring voice of the Thai people and international community. An effort should be made to address human rights violations urgently and concretely, through the reform of laws that impede the protection of human rights, freedom and democracy. This can help to restore the rule of law and credibility of Thailand in international forums.

Access to health insurance for migrant workers and the migrant population: Among the migrant workers, it was found that most of them could access health insurance through the migrant worker registration process according to the Cabinet Resolutions. However, in terms of management, there are still limitations that impede the migrant population’s access to health insurance, as follows:

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