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Labour Ministry to relieve Thai employers and migrant workers of IUU fishing impacts



BANGKOK, 14 July 2015 (NNT) – The Labour Ministry has approved measures to help migrant fishermen whose Thai employers could not bring boats out to the sea as they fail to meet requirements of IUU fishing control, Labour Minister Surasak Kanjanarat revealed on Monday.

According to the measures proposed by the Employment Department, registered migrant fishermen can file a request to work with one or two additional employers while their original employers are unable to carry out normal fishing operation.

In such a case, migrant workers can work for one or two more employers on a borrowing basis. Original employers must give consent to the lending of their workers to other fishing operators while the migrants remain subordinates of them.

The measures came after some migrant workers escaped from employers who have no license for operation and looked for new employers.

The Employment Department has informed its branches in twenty two coastal provinces where fisheries are main businesses of the new assistance measure which is expected come into force soon. Meanwhile, Gen Surasak advised employers who encountered such a problem to ask for help from the Labour Ministry which would consider assistance on a case by case basis.

He said that the ministry has no plans to reopen the registration for illegal migrant workers as it was not the way to solve the problem at the root cause.

In the recently-ended registration, he added, more than 80,000 migrant workers were registered. The Labour Ministry will, from now, put priority on legal import of the workers as they are easier to be managed.


-- NNT 2015-07-14

[jaaaason]

Interesting word in the article used....that the migrant workers "escaped" from their employers......

[Anthony5]

The measures came after some migrant workers escaped from employers

Yeah, that very much sounds like registered migrant workers.

[FloridaExport]

"Original employers owners must give consent to the lending of their employees slaves to other fishing operators while the migrants remain subordinates property of them."

"The measures came after some migrant workers slaves escaped from employers owners who have no license for operation and looked for new employers owners."

"The Labour Ministry will, from now, put priority on legal import of the workers slaves as they are easier to be managed."

Fixed the typos in the OP to make it more clear to everyone.

Edited July 14, 2015 by FloridaExport

[Srikcir]

"has no plans to reopen the registration for illegal migrant workers as it was not the way to solve the problem at the root cause."

Registration WAS vital to undocumented immigrants being used in illegal employment. This program was a directive from Prayut and now Gen Surasak decides it isn't? This will keep Thailand in Tier III.

[heybruce]

"In such a case, migrant workers can work for one or two more employers on a borrowing basis. Original employers must give consent to the lending of their workers to other fishing operators while the migrants remain subordinates of them."

"The measures came after some migrant workers escaped from employers who have no license for operation and looked for new employers."

As I read this, the migrants remain subordinate to the employers who were operating illegally. Under the law in my country, a contract for an illegal activity is not legally binding.

Thailand truly is amazing.

[Thai at Heart]

Can lend their workers. That statement alone shows how bad the treatment of labour in this industry is.

[spidermike007]

The employees on fishing boats here seem to be treated with about the same amount of respect and dignity as the house maids in Dubai and the majority of the Middle (Medieval) East. But, we kind of expect that from the Arab world, as respect for women is so ingrained into their culture. In Thailand we expect more. The restoration of human rights for the downtrodden do not seem to be on the agenda for little Mr. P.