Thailand Arrests over 100,000 Undocumented Workers, Including 80,000 Myanmar Nationals

[connda]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

In a significant crackdown, the Thai Ministry of Labour has announced the arrest of more than 100,000 undocumented foreign workers within the past 36 days. The massive operation forms part of a 120-day initiative aiming to curb illegal employment across Thailand.

I guess that they now have a huge labor shortage.

[freedomnow]

Filling jobs Thais would not take..why not just ease on cross-border national work like the EU did ?

All these people will be devastated losing their jobs with families back home..they are contributing to the Thai economy through work - if not through a lot of money.

 

Just regularise them.

Edited July 18 by freedomnow

[Antti]

Can't they all just enroll on a cooking class and get the DTV visa?

[Snackbar]

Once again the numbers don’t add up 

[spidermike007]

3 hours ago, James105 said:

 

If a business needs cheap illegal labour to survive then it is not a proper business and does not deserve to survive.  

You won. The MRSD award. The most ridiculous statement of the day. Keep up the good work. 

[Moonlover]

54 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

The Cambodians and Burmese dress a little differently from the Thais.

Oh do they really? Hmm.............

[Moonlover]

41 minutes ago, connda said:

I guess that they now have a huge labor shortage.

Then start a recruitment drive for legally documented workers.

[HappyExpat57]

8 hours ago, stoner said:

 

2 people every minute. this is thailand we are talking about right. 

Yeah . . . no.

I can't buy that many people arrested in that short a time. They're just too damned lazy to actually do that much work.

 

Easier to REPORT that they arrested that many, feel good about themselves, and go back to taking a nap.

[James105]

44 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

You won. The MRSD award. The most ridiculous statement of the day. Keep up the good work. 

 

How is it a ridiculous statement?  If a business cannot afford to pay the salaries of legal workers and can only survive by using illegal labour and paying them a pittance, then it is not a viable business model.   

[ElwoodP]

Off topic posts removed.

[spidermike007]

16 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

How is it a ridiculous statement?  If a business cannot afford to pay the salaries of legal workers and can only survive by using illegal labour and paying them a pittance, then it is not a viable business model.   

In many areas of Thailand the legal minimum wage is between 300 and 400 Baht per day, which is what they're paying their Burmese workers. They're not trying to get away with paying less than that, however many Thai workers will not accept that wage for really hard work, and they're forced to hire immigrants, whether they're illegal or not.

 

That is precisely why your statement was so ridiculous and ignorant of the facts and the reality on the ground, at the same time. 

[James105]

35 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

In many areas of Thailand the legal minimum wage is between 300 and 400 Baht per day, which is what they're paying their Burmese workers. They're not trying to get away with paying less than that, however many Thai workers will not accept that wage for really hard work, and they're forced to hire immigrants, whether they're illegal or not.

 

That is precisely why your statement was so ridiculous and ignorant of the facts and the reality on the ground, at the same time. 

 

There is no legal minimum wage for illegal workers.   If the amount they wish to pay does not meet the expectations for legal workers then they are not paying enough.  If the business cannot afford to hire workers for the "going rate" for that kind of work then my point still stands - it is not a viable business.  

 

No business is "forced" to hire immigrants.   It's always a choice, and when it comes to hiring illegal workers, it's typically an exploitative one.   

[spidermike007]

31 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

There is no legal minimum wage for illegal workers.   If the amount they wish to pay does not meet the expectations for legal workers then they are not paying enough.  If the business cannot afford to hire workers for the "going rate" for that kind of work then my point still stands - it is not a viable business.  

 

No business is "forced" to hire immigrants.   It's always a choice, and when it comes to hiring illegal workers, it's typically an exploitative one.   

Well you are making a lot of assumptions, and your primary assumption is that there are plenty of legal workers available, which is often times not the case. That does not simply apply to Thailand, this is a worldwide phenomena. 

[digger70]

6 hours ago, James105 said:

 

If a business needs cheap illegal labour to survive then it is not a proper business and does not deserve to survive.  

Maybe they they don't need cheap labour to survive but they do use illegal cheap labour because they are Greedy/Money Hungry.

[Showtime]

Go Trump Go.  The USA severely needs to do this.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

What are the figures for arrested employers?

A little bit less than zero IMO.