Thais submit evidence showing false work promises in Dubai

By Kornkamol Aksorndej 
The Nation

 

 

The Immigration Bureau on Monday received video clips substantiating 61 Thai workers’ claim that they had been lured to work in Dubai and employment officials had made threats against them.

 

The workers allegedly did not receive their full wages after they travelled overseas. 

 

They called on Thailand’s Immigration Bureau for help on Monday. 

 

Songkran Achariyasap, who sits on the committee for judicial reform, accompanied the workers as they submitted the video clips as evidence. 

 

“These workers want help in claiming wages they are entitled to,” he said. “But relevant authorities should also investigate who should have been held responsible.” 

 

He said the workers headed to Dubai because of false promises of high wages and good working conditions. 

 

“When they found they had been lied to, they came back and investors tried to intimidate them,” Songkran said. 

 

Immigration Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj-General Ittipon Ittisaranachai said his agency would help coordinate with relevant authorities regarding the workers’ demands for unpaid wages.

 

“As for legal proceedings against wrongdoers, the investigation is already ongoing,” he said 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331505

 

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Dubai and the Middle East in general are the land of mirages regarding work conditions for Asians.

 

The wages are far from worthy, the working conditions are close to slavery and those countries treat their pets better then the migrant workers. Much of the the sky rise glitterati of the Middle East has risen thanks to the exploitation and meager wages, offered to naive or desperate migrant asians.

 

Nothing new here as the international community has timidly issued many warnings to the gulf nations regarding their labor policies.

 

The Thai's and other Asian migrants in the Middle East deserve better wages and treatment, but let's not dream as the tooth fairy is nowhere near to show up.