Employers submit information to register their migrant workers at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok on July 24. The registration drive was a response to employer complaints about the sudden introduction last month of tough new rules against illegal labour. Ananchai Uthaipattanacheep, a spokesman for the Labour Ministry, said the figures were compiled from 100 registration outlets nationwide including 11 in Bangkok. It calls for fines of up to 800,000 baht per illegal employee and jail terms of up to five years for illegal foreign workers. There are an estimated 4 million foreign workers in the country but anywhere between 1 million and 2 million are said to be illegal.

Source: Bangkok Post July 29, 2017 11:26 UTC