Samut Sakhon businesses warned not to hire illegal migrants amid reports of influx

[webfact]

Samut Sakhon factory of new cluster in where 39 from 69 foreign workers were found infected

 

Businesses in Thailand’s coastal province of Samut Sakhon are being sternly warned that they will face stiff legal action and closure if they are found to be hiring illegal migrant workers, following reports that some are being smuggled to the province and the capital.

 

Samut Sakhon Governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri issued the warning at a meeting Saturday with representatives of 28 employment agencies responsible for the legal sourcing of foreign migrant workers, for businesses in Samut Sakhon, mostly in the seafood processing industry.

 

Some of these representatives told the governor that illegal migrant workers had been smuggled across the porous Thai-Myanmar border by human trafficking gangs and sent to work in Samut Sakhon. They are then told that they must inform Thai authorities about any illegal activity.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/samut-sakhon-businesses-warned-not-to-hire-illegal-migrants-amid-reports-of-influx/

 

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[RichardColeman]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Some of these representatives told the governor that illegal migrant workers had been smuggled across the porous Thai-Myanmar border

I'm surprised these 'representative' are not being sued for slander by border control authorities. 

[harada]

And do the dirty work themselves, never. ????

 

[Bkk Brian]

I guess the officials missed the memo back in January from the Czar.

 

PM instructs Samut Sakhon officials to check employers are not hiring illegal workers

 

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/pm-instructs-samut-sakhon-officials-to-check-employers-are-not-hiring-illegal-workers

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Some of these representatives told the governor that illegal migrant workers had been smuggled across the porous Thai-Myanmar border by human trafficking gangs and sent to work in Samut Sakhon. They are then told that they must inform Thai authorities about any illegal activity.

Joke of the year.... and it's only May

[impulse]

14 hours ago, harada said:

And do the dirty work themselves, never. 

 

Sure they will. 

 

But not for the wages a Burmese illegal will gladly accept.

 

[phantom51red]

Whoosh there go them fully loaded work trucks again,ah must be that invisible spray they use,seems to be working.