DOE gears up to fight Human Trafficking.

BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Employment (DOE) has planned to set up a labour supervision system to ensure labour security and provide better services.

According to DOE director-general Mr. Prawit Keangpon, the DOE is going to establish a labour supervision system for Thai workers employed abroad and immigrant workers working in Thailand. The move is to ensure their safety and to prevent employment agencies making them pay inordinately for the former's services.

Beginning in November, the DOE will invite representatives from nations that Thai labours are in demand, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Israel, to have a discussion on the Thai labour’s rights and safety. It will also discuss the issue with representatives from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and International Labour Organization (ILO). The move is aimed at combating human trafficking issue, prioritized by Minister of Labour Pol.Capt. Chalerm Yubamrung.

Meanwhile, the plan to bring in 50,000 Bangladeshi labourers to work in the fishing and construction industries, through a memorandum of understanding (MOU), has yet to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval as the minister of labour has demanded that the labour supervision system be set up first.

As regards concerns raised by the Law Reform Commission of Thailand (LRCT) that importing Bangladeshi workers might cause problems in the Thai society, given the differences in lifestyle, culture, and religion belief, the DOE has asked the Bangladeshi government to select proper workers and train them first. No worker will be accepted without prior training. Workers must also return to Bangladesh right after their work permit expire, said the DOE Director-General

-- NNT 2013-10-16

Pretty hard to reconcile a labour supervision project for migrant workers at the same time as importing migrant workers from one of the poorest nations on earth.I guess they are cutting out the middle man, so they should theoretically be should be able to pay them more. Don't hold your breath though.

50,000 Bangladeshi's. Lots of corner shops

and bus drivers arriving soon.

Sounds like a plan.........for bigger bribes

They are going to import 50k Bangladeshis.

Can't wait till they start to fight back at mistreatment

Damn.....guess this spells the end of all the cute young Laos girls working in the Thai oriented karaoke bars.

Or does it ?????

Sounds good on paper....but..... I think one basic question indicates the direction this will take. Is there more money to be made by human trafficking or by fighting human trafficking?