Crackdown on undocumented workers result in temporary closure of border schools - report

[snoop1130]

Crackdown on undocumented workers result in temporary closure of border schools - report

 

File photo :Myanmar workers line up at border province of Tak on their way to return home following the crackdown on undocumented workers in Thailand.

 

Thailand’s new measures against undocumented foreign workers have resulted in suspension of several schools for children of migrant workers in Tak province, reported Burmese Migrant Teachers’ Association (BMTA).

 

“Most of the teachers only have identification cards issued by the Thai Education Ministry. The police can arrest them if they don’t have residency documents,” he said.

 

“Some of the teachers are too afraid to come to school so we have to temporarily close the schools down.”

 

It was not immediately clear how many of the 69 Myanmar migrant schools at the Thai-Myanmar border have been closed, according to Karen News.

 

The Thai police launched the crackdown on June 22 after a new foreign labour law concerning migrant workers in Thailand was enacted on June 20.

 

Over 1,400 undocumented foreign workers – including over 1,000 Myanmar workers – have been arrested [as of June 29] so far, according to the Joint Action Committee for Burmese Affairs (JACBA)’s chairman U Moe Gyo.

 

“They started the crackdown two days after it was enacted [so] the Thai government has shamelessly violated human rights [principles],” Karen News quoted him as saying.

 

Although the police have not made any arrests at migrant schools, they are arresting migrant workers on the streets and in markets, according to officials from the BMTA.

 

BMTA officials said this also means that some undocumented Myanmar migrant parents are also not allowing their children to attend school.

 

But vice chair of the BMTA Mann Shwe Hnin remained optimistic, saying “I believe the situation won’t deteriorate since we have always [been able to negotiate].”

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30319991

 

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[yellowboat]

Do not remember the situation being this bad in Malaysia.  They dealt with their undocumented workers in a much more balanced fashion.  The junta has caused mass hysteria.  

[greenchair]

And this is why in normal governmental procedures, new laws take months or years to pass. All things are discussed, impact to all sectors are considered. 

The public has adequate warning of the coming changes. 

But no, we have section 44. 

And a senate that rubber stamps new laws like a parking lot attendant. 

In regards to the new labour law, quite frankly I have no idea what is or isn't the law. 

5 year prison sentence effective immediately. 

Retracted, for 120 days. 

Retracted, for 180 days. 

And now a new article saying workers have 15 days to get it sorted. Schools are closing, teachers cannot teach, the agricultural sector is in chaos, borders are closing. 

Everyone is running around like chickens with no heads. 

Oh dear. The mind boggles ????

[Stargeezr]

I for one am glad that Thailand is getting tough on the illgal people being in Thailand. If this short

term pain has to exist  So be it.  Corruption folks  has to end, so how is Thailand or anywhere

in Asia going to end it if these illegal people keep coming to the country.

Geezer

[dcnx]

News story after news story, it seems every industry is hurting now the illegal workers have left.

 

Boggles the mind to know there are that many people working illegally here. This country simply can't function without them. Perhaps the Thais could pay them just a little respect instead of treating them as lower people.

[Surasak]

4 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Do not remember the situation being this bad in Malaysia.  They dealt with their undocumented workers in a much more balanced fashion.  The junta has caused mass hysteria.  

Are we supposed to find that surprising? If any ansewr to that is yes, they are very new to Thailand.

[djayz]

The locals are too lazy, incompetent, stuck up or any combination thereof to do a lot of these jobs. It's only logical that employers will look else where for its labour needs. 

What effect is this labour shortage going to have on the running of their businesses? The economy in general? Food supplies? 

[djayz]

4 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

I for one am glad that Thailand is getting tough on the illgal people being in Thailand. If this short

term pain has to exist  So be it.  Corruption folks  has to end, so how is Thailand or anywhere

in Asia going to end it if these illegal people keep coming to the country.

Geezer

I agree that corruption needs to be stamped out, but illegals and their employers are not the problem. They are merely the tip of the iceberg. If you want to end corruption, you need to go the whole way up the food chain and start chopping heads off there. 

 

 

[Cadbury]

Yet another unintended consequence of the stupid rushed laws.

The buck for this stuff-up should stop at the top but PM Prayut will surely lay the blame at the feet of one of his subordinates since it is old Thai custom to blame others.

And all this going on while he is busy at home censoring twerking videos, doing his knitting, writing poetry and preparing his Friday night self aggrandisement speech. In the meantime administrative chaos reigns and paranoia grips the military.

What with all this and the many other restrictive laws the year 2017/2560 is turning out to be an Annus horribilis for the people of Thailand.

[rooinekrsa]

On 2017-7-6 at 3:36 AM, yellowboat said:

Do not remember the situation being this bad in Malaysia.  They dealt with their undocumented workers in a much more balanced fashion.  The junta has caused mass hysteria.  

So much for the assian market 

[rooinekrsa]

Just now, rooinekrsa said:

So much for the assian market 

Looks like thaiexit before it even started 

[juice777]

I for one am glad that Thailand is getting tough on the illgal people being in Thailand. If this short
term pain has to exist  So be it.  Corruption folks  has to end, so how is Thailand or anywhere
in Asia going to end it if these illegal people keep coming to the country.
Geezer

Geezer lol
do you buy your 200THB photo copy version of the Daily Mail everyday?

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

[Stargeezr]

Oh No! I was on my 3rd beverage, and did not think before I typed on this topic,  many apologies,  555

Not.

Geezer

[perthperson]

On 7/6/2017 at 9:48 AM, Stargrazer9889 said:

I for one am glad that Thailand is getting tough on the illgal people being in Thailand. If this short

term pain has to exist  So be it.  Corruption folks  has to end, so how is Thailand or anywhere

in Asia going to end it if these illegal people keep coming to the country.

Geezer

It is not the "illegal people" that should be arrested but those who deliberately seek to abuse(employ??) and take advantage of these people.