Labour groups say attempts to replace fingerprinting with retinal scanning for migrant workers is a step too far. (File photo)A plan to buy retinal scanners to replace fingerprint scanners now used to register migrant workers goes too far, labour groups say. Suraphong Kongchanthuek, vice-president of the Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN), said the fingerprint scanning system used in the migrant worker identification system is good enough. Sakchai Thammapreechathaworn, president of the association of labour brokerage companies, agreed the fingerprint scanners were efficient for identifying most migrant workers. "The bigger question before us is how sincere the government is in addressing problems [in the migrant worker registration system]," he said.

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