THE Philippines will not be directly affected by Thailand’s stricter labor laws which led thousands of illegal foreign workers fleeing from Bangkok immediately after its implementation, a senior Filipino official said Friday. In an interview, Department of Foreign Affairs on Migrant Workers Affairs executive director Raul Dado said most Filipinos working in Thailand have visas. So far, there are tens of thousands of migrant workers, most of them from Myanmar, who escaped fromThailand for fear of arrest after authorities adopted the new labor rules. Dado said there were only 1,625 undocumented Filipino workers who may be affected by this new law. So far, there are 16,704 Filipinos who are working and residing there, out of whom 14,981 are temporary migrants and 98 permanent migrants.

Source: The Standard July 07, 2017 16:41 UTC