“We have seen an increasing number of migrant workers, legal and illegal, replacing the Thais,” he said. Asst Professor Supachai Srisuchart, an economics lecturer at Thammasat’s Faculty of Economics, said different types of migrant workers enter the country seeking dif-ferent kinds of work and carrying different work permits, and also illegally. Migrant workers are employed doing the work that Thai workers don’t want to do, and are thus necessary for private companies to operate, he said. And he noted that productivity of Thai workers is quite low compared to other countries in the region, such as China. He added that any laws and regulations should help facilitate Thai employers in bringing migrant workers into the country and not drive brokers and agents into illegal recruitment.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 13, 2017 18:11 UTC