Foreigners urged to get work permits

More than 100,000 foreigners of about 160,000 working in Cambodia did not have work permits in 2017, according to figures announced during a meeting between the interior and labour ministries yesterday. Seng Sakada, director general of the Labour Ministry’s general department of labour, said in the meeting that 160,077 foreigners from 93 countries were working in the Kingdom, adding 100,346 of the workers were Chinese nationals.

Hundreds of representatives from businesses employing foreigners participated in the meeting yesterday at the Interior Ministry.

“Most of them are Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Indonesian, Taiwanese, Malaysian, South Korean, Indian and British nationals,” Mr Sakada said. “A total of 57,000 foreigners paid for their work permits in 2017,” he added, noting the number of foreign workers obtaining work permits was increasing, with just 4,000 in 2014, 30,928 in 2015 and 39,120 in 2016. Mr Sakada said the rise in foreigners applying for work permits was remarkable, but said the majority of establishments employing foreigners were still not doing the paperwork.

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