50,000 Myanmar migrant workers quit Thai fishing jobs for home

[nationalInquirer]

BANGKOK, May 13 (Xinhua)-- An estimated 50,000 Myanmar workers in fishing industry in central Thailand have called it quits and returned home while many more are believed to follow suit sooner or later.

The migrant workers including those who had been employed and stayed in Thailand for many years have decided to return home and would not come back for jobs in this country anymore, Kamjorn Mongkoltreeluck, head of a fishery association in Samut Sakorn province, said on Friday.

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[Happy Grumpy]

Good luck to them, good luck to their government, good luck to their country in it's aims for development.

[Halfaboy]

I hope it's not too much of a problem or the Thai industry .

(Oke .... the bashing can start now).

[Srikcir]

Not a problem for Thailand.

Prayut can activate 50,000 of the additional 300,000 reservists that he wanted to help promote the draft charter and have them go on fishing boats.

At least they would be productive.

[Koosdedooes]

I dont believe the number of 50 thousand, one suspects the whole of the thai fishing fleet even employs 50000, never mind 50000 bumese

[tandor]

Good luck to them, good luck to their government, good luck to their country in it's aims for development.

..I hope whilst they're back in Myanmar they form an Union and demand humane conditions..Im sure Thailand will negotiate with them if suddenly there is going to be a shortage in labour of 50,000 + fishermen.

[HLover]

Good luck to them, good luck to their government, good luck to their country in it's aims for development.

..I hope whilst they're back in Myanmar they form an Union and demand humane conditions..Im sure Thailand will negotiate with them if suddenly there is going to be a shortage in labour of 50,000 + fishermen.

Union forming, hilarious.

[happy chappie]

What a load of crap.propaganda for trying to save their <deleted> from the eu market for iuu.in October the eu are looking at banning Thai fish products because of slavery and illegal fishing.this is some sort of show to make out the goverment are trying to clean up their act.thais are rubbish at telling porkys.if they have said 5000 you could believe it but 50,000 total bs.

[happy chappie]

Any chance of the 50,000 names and addresses.what will we do for our Tom yum goong if they all go?

[Pib]

This slow shift to respecting and enforcing human rights is a hard change for Thailand to swallow...they'll have to chew on it for a while to see if they can stomach it.

It will take time to develop a taste for human rights.