geovalin Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 PHNOM PENH, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- About 31,136 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand were sent home through the Poipet International Border Checkpoint in 2018, according to a national police report on Friday. Posted on its website, the report said those Cambodian nationals, including 10,591 women and 4,147 children, were expelled from Thailand to Cambodia because of their illegal status. The deportations last year posted a 57 percent drop compared with the year before, it said, adding that some 73,275 Cambodian migrant workers were sent home from Thailand in 2017. According to the Cambodian Ministry of Labor, approximately 1.06 million Cambodians have been working in Thailand and sending home around 1 billion U.S. dollars a year. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/22/c_137842956.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 And no doubt the next day following deportation 30,999 returned illegally via some other place with more "friendly" Thai immigration police in residence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFLKrabi Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 When does the ASEAN freedom of movement and freedom to work kick in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 daily over 600 Khmers go thru Poi Pet with legal documents, visas, wp's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Are we going to read about how many western, long-term, resident farangs are going to self-deport in 2019? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 2 hours ago, TEFLKrabi said: When does the ASEAN freedom of movement and freedom to work kick in? pretty sure that only applies to people with money. these countries would fall apart if they couldnt keep the plebs in fear of their neighboring countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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