The Migrant Working Group (MWG) therefore would like to bring to your attention the following recommendations and urge that they be promptly implemented in light of the management of migrant workers who are being affected.

Media and public invitation to the 

press conference on the occasion of International Migrants Day 2025

The Working Group emphasized the urgent need to address the interconnected challenges of modern slavery, forced labour, and human rights abuses in the fisheries sector. These issues, the group stated, are deeply tied to global sustainable development goals and responsible business and supply chain management.

CSOs Working Group on the Solidarity for Migrant Fishers raise concerns that ASEAN and EU Member States, many of which are the origin or destination countries of migrant fishers, flag, port, or coastal states of fishing vessels, as well as the market countries of fisheries products, should share responsibilities and cooperate in upholding the rights of migrant fishers by addressing their vulnerabilities and advancing their protection and well-being.

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.