The Labour Ministry has come up measures to reduce the number of children of illegal migrant workers in the country by 2018 and make sure none remain by 2020. They include ending the registration of illegal migrant workers and supporting migrants who qualify under labour cooperation agreements which Thailand has made with neighbouring countries. As stipulated in these agreements, migrant workers are not permitted to bring their children with them when they take up work here. Another measure is that when a migrant worker's employment contract ends, he or she must return to their home country along with their children. Other measures include a campaign to encourage birth control among migrant workers and preventing new migrant workers and their children from entering the country illegally, Mr Waranont said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 17, 2016 00:37 UTC