(Bangkok Post file photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)The Department of Employment has warned business operators against using services from unregistered brokers to seek illegal migrant workers or risk facing human trafficking charges. He said some brokers may claim they can help employers with migrant workers' registration and charge steep brokerage fees for their services. According to Mr Waranon, only brokers registered with the department are formally granted the right to import migrant workers. He said there are currently 81 brokers nationwide, 38 of them in Bangkok, that are authorised to bring in migrant workers. The government should come up with a contingency plan if unregistered migrant workers continue to return to their countries fearing prosecution here, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 09, 2017 22:07 UTC