"The latest round of registration for migrant workers closed in August 2011, with a total of 1,011,443 migrant workers having registered (657,024 from Myanmar/Burma, 105,364 from Lao PDR, and 249,055 from Cambodia). Work permit applications were ongoing until 12 October 2011. In an important development, the Ministry of Labour (MOL) announced the details of a private insurance fund covering those migrant workers who registered in cases of work-related accidents or illness. The Thai Government is now in the process of negotiating with sending countries as to whether and how these migrants will go through nationality verification (NV). This Migrant Information Note details the latest developments in policy and legislation affecting migrants in Thailand, together with updated statistics on registered, NV and MOU migrant workers."