Advantages Of Migrant Workers In Thailand

Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand

The process of international relationship is relating with political, economic, law and others factor. There are combining with ten countries in ASEAN. Among them, both Thai and Myanmar are developing countries, and they are neighbor countries for each other. In addition, both countries are trading in economic. ''Myanmar and Thailand relations refer to the current and historical relation between Burma and Thailand. They focus mainly on economic issues and trade'' (Myanmar–Thailand relations - Wikipedia, the free). However, Thai can produce more products than Myanmar. There have many jobs opportunities in Thailand. Thus, there have about 3 million of Myanmar migrant workers who are working in Thailand. According

The first point is migrant worker's wages that they got 300 baht it is equal to about Kyat 10,000 a day. They have to work ten hours a day and seven days a week. Then, they have to work very hard that Thai national do not want to work. We can see that kinds of Thai export products jobs sector working by Myanmar migration workers. The second is pink card that they have to register in Thai government. The pink card extension plan would benefit the Thai government, since the migrants would have to pay about 2500 bath (about K 80,000). Moreover, agencies and brokers are alliance and make money through the process since the pink- card holder need an employer's approval. There have 1.7 million migrant workers are legal. "Undocumented workers have to pay the Thai police 100 Thai baht when they were arrest. Nevertheless, some police are asking 500 baht, even from pink cardholders. Most of migrant are worried about that they lose their money.'' Thai police arrest them because of without pink cards or NV cards. Most of employer keep them their cards and when the workers want to change jobs they do not give it them. After that, workers do not get high salaries, but they have to register and some have to register under their employer name. Then, their workplaces are not safety for them. The third one is 62 percent of women migrant workers are facing careless health problems in Thailand. For example, some women got pregnant

Myanmar government has no clear policy to sure that migration of its workers overseas contributes to the development of the Myanmar economy and society in the future. There has been no evidence of requests to destination countries of workers to ensure skill training and augmentation or certification of skills for migrants. Irregular workers fall into cycles of arrest, extortion, trafficking, debt bondage and deportation at border as a result; serious policy attention to this situation continues to be required. Because of that fact, they must respond that kind of situation for workers. Moreover, Myanmar government should be promoting regular and safe migration also in connection with migrants, employer's civil society, ILO (International Labor Organization). They must give respecting basic international human rights obligations towards migrant workers. They must do ensuring issuance of citizenship and identification documents and regularization for overseas migrants such as registration