More than two hundred thousands lao workers are working ilegally in thailand according to Lao government report.
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I think there are more than 200,000 lao workers in Thailand. It is sad that Lao Government can't creat enough work forces to keep all those people in Laos.
There are works in mega projects but lao workers are so unskilled that foreign workers such as chinese and vietnamese are imported for these positions and lao workers have to go to Thailand and take menial jobs.
There are much more illegal Thai workers around the world .They don't have any concern about it. nothing's wrong with people looking for better life for themselves !
Laos: Issue of Illegal Labor in Thailand Is Increasingly Serious
By Buasawan Simmala 10/12/2008
Foreign laborers in Thailand
Authorities in Vientiane acknowledge that Lao illegal labor in Thailand is becoming an issue of increasing concern. The number of these workers in Thailand, according to Thai authorities, is approximately 300,000, as opposed to Lao authorities’ estimate of only 200,000. Nonetheless, this situation has resulted in an increase in the number of Lao youths, especially young women, being forced into prostitution and at risk of falling into the trap of transnt- ional human trafficking.
As admitted by Major Khamkeo Manola, Deputy Director of the Transnational Human Trafficking Department of the Ministry of Interior, the number of victimized Lao youths from 2001 to 2008, totaled more than 2,000; the majority of them were women.And just last year alone, Thai authorities sent over 28,000 illegal workers back to Laos via the Vangtau-Chongmek border checkpoint in Champassack province.
The fact that the Lao government is unable to create enough jobs for its workforce will certainly contribute to the increase of the number of Lao youths, between the age of 14 and 49 years old, sneaking into Thailand to seek jobs and work illegally there. Lao officials haveplanned to create and find at least 100,000 jobs for its workforce during the fiscal year 2008-09; of which 25,000 were to be found in neighboring countries, especially Thailand, while the rest would be created domestically. However, during 2007-2008, the government was able to create barely 40,000 jobs domestically and 8,000 abroad. Of the 8,000 workers who were sent to work abroad. 1,000 of them have been returned by Thai employers who said the workers lacked the skills they required.
The concern for finding employment for Lao workers in Thailand is further augmented by the fact that the Thai government has decided to limit the number of legal foreign workers from Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, to no more than 800 thousands beginning next year, to reserve jobs for Thai workers due to the impact of the global economic crisis. Thus job opportunities for Lao workers in Thailand will inevitably become more scarce.
It makes me cry to see our brothers and sisters work hard like this. Please guys stop attacking each other o.k. If we don't love each other then who will?
