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NOTICE: Strictly no illegals after



Subject: NOTICE: Strictly no illegals after deadline (Thailand)

BANGKOK POST - July 9, 1999

LABOUR

Strictly no illegals after deadline
Employment Dept vows to abide by law

Onnucha Hutasingh

The Labour and Social Welfare Ministry is firm on its decision to ban
migrant workers after the August 4 deadline.

Employment Department director-general Somchai Wattana said the law will
be
strictly enforced.

He said the ministry will strictly abide by the 1979 Immigration Act
allowing migrant workers to be temporarily employed pending deportation.

The department chief unveiled the ministry's decision during yesterday's
meeting with representatives of the provincial industrial councils and
provincial chambers of commerce nationwide. The meeting discussed the
alien
workers issue.

Provincial authorities are launching surveys whether there are still
demands
for alien workers in industries.

The survey results will enable relevant panels to formulate
recommendations
to be submitted to the cabinet on August 3.

The department chief said business enterprises in 25 provinces, mainly
in
the Northeast, would halt employing alien workers.

Representatives from border provinces urged relaxation of regulations on
the
hiring of much-needed alien workers in certain sectors, particularly
fishery
and agriculture.

Last year the cabinet eased a ban on alien workers in 13 border
provinces,
with 90,000 registered alien workers, mostly Burmese, working in border
provinces.

Thousands await deportation.