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Thailand. A million foreign workers registered during the July 2009 registration program. Those registering with the Ministry of Interior were 73 percent Burmese, 14 percent Cambodians and 11 percent Laotians. To complete the process, Thai employers must also obtain work permits for the migrants they employ from the Ministry of Labor that allow them to remain in Thailand for a year or two (registered migrants remain technically illegal, but their deportation is delayed for the duration of their permits).
One-year work permits cost 1,800 baht, plus a 100 baht registration fee; health fees are 1,900 baht, making the total cost 3,800 baht ($112) or about one month's Thai wages. In many cases, Thai employers pay registration fees and deduct them from migrant wages.
Some 379,2000 migrants with work permits renewed them in June 2009, and 196,500 of the million migrants who registered in July 2009 had obtained work permits by mid-August 2009. There are an estimated two million migrants in Thailand.
Migration News is produced with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacAurther Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and UCB Institute of European Studies. A paper edition is available by mail for $30 domestic and $50 foreign for one year and $55 and $95 for two years. Make checks payable to Migration Dialogue and send to
Philip Martin, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA.
Rural Migration News is produced with the support of the Colcom, Farm, and Giannini Foundations, and the UCD Gifford Center for Population Studies. A paper edition is available by mail for $30 domestic and $50 foreign for one year and $55 and $95 for two-years. Make checks payable to Migration Dialogue and send to
Philip Martin, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA.
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The Changing Face project assesses the effects of immigrant farm workers on agriculture and agricultural communities.
Include Opinion Leader Seminars, the Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and Transatlantic Migration Policy Issue seminars.
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