Crackdown on illegal workers

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                                        October 28, 1998 


                                


                    IMMIGRATION

 Crackdown on
 illegal workers

 Unregistered aliens may face deportation

 Supamart Kasem 
 Tak

 Police and immigration officers have been ordered to drastically
 crack down on around 13,000 illegal workers who have not applied
 for work permits.

 Tak Governor Huekharn Tomornsak ordered the crackdown because
 the authorities had failed to get enough people to register before an
 October 5 deadline.

 So far only 3,325 people had registered out of an estimated 16,180
 workers, said Jirapha Ngarmvivit, an officer attached to Tak
 employment service office.

 An estimated 12,825 aliens, mostly Burmese, are illegally working in
 the province, particularly in the garment industry.

 "After the registration period expired on October 5, concerned
 agencies were asked to clamp down on non-registered workers.
 These workers, if arrested, will be repatriated," said Miss Jirapha.

 The Interior Ministry wants employees to register alien workers, for
 which they are charged 1,000 baht for the registration fee, 1,000 baht
 for the work permit, 700 baht for a medical check-up and another
 800 baht for a health insurance card for each worker.

 Many business people cannot afford to do this.

                                                       
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