236 migrant workers were imported to Thailand for the first time after two years
At 9:30 a.m. today, 28 March 2022, 236 migrants entered Thailand through the border post of the 1st Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in Nong Khai Province. The relevant authorities have been given to welcome and take the required steps.
Starting from a stay before passing through the International Communicable Diseases Control Checkpoint, where temperature checks are carried out. Next, document checking to the proof of vaccination and ATK/RT-PCR test results up to 72 hours from the country of origin. Then it went through the immigration process, where migrant data was stored, stamped, and passport checked.
Customs checks, X-Ray baggage, and the last point before quarantine at the location chosen by the operator or employer. The first service center and related agencies have been passed.
Mr. Arak Shining Nong Khai Provincial Employment Department said today it is importing MOU migrant workers. Between Thailand and Lao PDR, it’s the first day after the cooperation was signed, Today, 236 first-person workers arrived.
The first to be brought in after the cessation of imports more than two years after the arrival of the workforce and the procedures required were carried out in total.
The procedure for arriving in Nong Khai province is now the 7th stage, which is the procedure to enter the quarantine process for 7 – 14 days according to the vaccination, which is if the vaccine is fully administered, quarantined for 7 days, and if the vaccine is not fully received, quarantined for 14 days, the first group of workers is quarantined for 7 days because the vaccine has been fully administered after the quarantine is complete and can travel to work with the employer.
Nong Khai Provincial Employment said that for the procedures today, To begin with, all workers go through international communicable disease control. Then it goes through the immigration, customs process, then sent to the detention facility chosen by the employer.
Today, there are 2 locations at Grand Paradise Hotel and Petch House rental units, which according to the data on the need to bring migrant workers to work according to the Lao MOU. In the Kingdom of employers/establishments The whole country. 11,352 people only in Nong Khai province. There is a demand for 113 migrant workers, which will be gradually from time to time.
There are 12 detention facilities in Nong Khai province, supporting the detention of 1,800 people. Therefore, it will take a gradual increase in the number of detentions, which will have a particularly positive effect on employers to solve labor shortages. In the province itself, there will also be an economic stimulus for establishments within the province.
Representative of one of the detention facilities operators. He said that the fact that workers were detained before working with employers had a significant impact on entrepreneurs, especially accommodation in Nong Khai province because, for the past two years, workers have been in quarantine before working with employers.
Many hotels and establishments have had to close themselves due to the lack of tourists staying. Bringing migrant workers to Thailand Well, the economy of Nong Khai province has rebounded.
Source: Nongkhai Online News, Pattarawin Leepan