rooster59 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 19,000 Thais in Malaysia Return Home due to Covid-19 Pandemic Paphamon Arayasukawat BANGKOK (NNT) - About 19,000 Thai workers in Malaysia have returned home due to the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Malaysian ringgit. Thai Consul-General to Kota Bharu Mongkol Sinsomboon said figures show 38,487 Thai workers work legally in Malaysia with 30,000 others working illegally in the neighboring country. He said the new wave of Covid-19 early this year, which also hit Malaysia hard, prompted the Malaysian government to invoke a state of emergency and left many Thai workers without jobs. According to the Thai Consul-General, Malaysia’s policy on migrant labor was appealing to Thai workers before the pandemic struck last year as the Malaysian government began requiring employers to take out social security coverage for migrant workers. He said however, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the government to lock down the country. It also came as the Malaysian government was struggling to cope with its public debt problem, resulting in a steep fall in the value of the ringgit. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-03-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy from Kent Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 How much of the reason for the Thais returning to Thailand is due to the horrible human rights violations happening daily in Myanmar? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canopus1969 Posted March 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said: How much of the reason for the Thais returning to Thailand is due to the horrible human rights violations happening daily in Myanmar? They are talking about Thai workers in Malaysia 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) I take it they all quarantined? Edited March 7, 2021 by Surelynot 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Bob Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 And of course all were thoroughly screened for covid(?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 1 hour ago, rooster59 said: 38,487 Thai workers work legally in Malaysia with 30,000 others working illegally in the neighboring country. Amazing, they import workers from Burma, Laos and Cambodia and get prisoners to work while this many go and work in Malaysia??? Import the unskilled and export the skilled, no wonder they are backward! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 4 hours ago, rooster59 said: It also came as the Malaysian government was struggling to cope with its public debt problem, resulting in a steep fall in the value of the ringgit. Funny how the Thai baht stays so strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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