Migrants should fill labour void

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on Cambodians working overseas for low wages to return home and fill labour force voids as the country’s labour conditions continue to improve. Speaking to thousands of garment workers on Saturday at a Special Economic Zone in Preah Sihanouk province, Mr Hun Sen said workers’ incomes were increasing in the Kingdom, but some companies and enterprises still faced labour shortages.

“For this lacking of labour force, I want to recommend to all companies and enterprises that there is a way to attract workers to work – give them higher wages and better accommodation,” he said. A total of about 1.2 million workers are working overseas and each year they send remittances to support their families totalling about $2 billion per year.

Mr Hun Sen said many Cambodians find work in Thailand on sugarcane or rubber plantations, but their wages were only just a little bit higher than in Cambodia. The premier said that migrant workers earning salaries similar to wages in the Kingdom should return home to buttress a lacking labour force.

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