The workers gathered at the Tha Rua shrine near the Heroines Monument in Si Sunthon. The new law, according to which employers will be fined 400,000-800,000 baht for hiring migrant workers for ‘forbidden’ jobs (that is, jobs reserved for Thais only) and/or without a permit, was enforced on June 23. The announcement led to many migrant workers in Phuket, Krabi, and Phang Nga being fired. The workers then gathered at the Baan Srichumpaban Foundation in Phuket to ask for help in getting back home. “We believe that this is just a small percentage of the illegal migrant workers in Phuket.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 03, 2017 12:00 UTC