The temporary centre will operate for 15 days from Monday until August 7 in line with another 100 such temporary centres nationwide. The centres will process employers' requests to hire migrant workers and verify papers to issue a document equivalent to a temporary passport. Workers’ will present the document to Immigration Police when they apply for a border pass or passport and come back into the Kingdom legally with a proper visa and health check. It led to employers laying off their illegally-hired migrant workers, resulting in thousands of them heading back to their home countries of Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos and causing a labour shortage in various sectors. The NCPO also had the Labour Ministry set up 100 temporary centres to let employers register their illegal migrant workers.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 24, 2017 07:52 UTC