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Wednesday, 5 January, 2000, 23:10 GMT
Thailand wants Burmese workers back An official in the Thai Labour Ministry has been quoted as saying that Thailand would like to talk to the Burmese authorities to allow Burmese workers to come back to work in factories on the Thai-Burma border. In November, Thailand repatriated thousands of migrant Burmese workers, although many have slipped back into Thailand to work. Thai businessmen have lobbied the government to relax restrictions on migrant workers because factories are short of staff. From the newsroom of the BBC World Service |