Today (June 21, 2018) H.E. Police General Adul Sangsingkeo, Minister of Labor, presided over the opening ceremony of the seminar. Provide policies and guidelines under the program, investigating, suppressing, arresting and prosecuting illegal aliens working without permission. It will be held June 21-22, 2018 at Jubilee Room 6-7, Challenger Building, IMPACT Convention Center, Muang Thong Thani. The cabinet resolution of 16 January 2018 and 27 March 2018 approved the management of the work of the alien by allowing foreign migrants from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to temporarily stay in the Kingdom to apply for a visa, you must apply for a work permit and make a record of your occupation by June 30, 2018 to facilitate the management of the work of foreign workers. It is based on human rights and humanitarian principles by the Department of Employment and the Royal Thai Police Driving the operation. The National Police Bureau has ordered police officers in all provinces. Central Police Headquarters Including the Border Patrol Police Headquarters set up a total of 113 sets of 5 sets, including 565 officers to investigate the arrest offenses under the Aliens Management Act, Section 8 and Section 9, with goals in the whole country. In arresting employers and migrant workers who violate the law to maintain the integrity of the law, the Ministry of Labor ordered the province to work throughout the country. Integration with the Royal Thai Police to drive the management of the work of the alien.
Gen. Adul said that employers of migrant workers hired workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar to work, but have not yet proved their nationality with their country of origin and visa (work permit) history Immediately proceed to take the worker into the process with urgency emphasized from July 1, 2018 onwards. Ministry of Labor by the Department of Employment and the Royal Thai Police Foreign workers will not be able to prove their nationality within the specified period. In the first stage, intensive treatment will take place within 2 weeks after the grace period from 1 July 2018 onwards.
Gen. Adul said that the management of the work of the alien is a policy of the government to focus on solving the problem of illegal migrant workers and employers who use illegal migrant workers. This will lead to the solution to the problem of trafficking in migrant workers. In addition, it is necessary to emphasize the importance of working in such matters. It is a major factor in the manufacturing sector of the country. Government officials must have a view of care and protection not of watchmaking, but should be accompanied by measures of mutual understanding.
“July 1, if found alien working without a work permit or work apart from the authorized, penalty of 5,000 – 50,000 baht, and return to the Kingdom. It is prohibited to apply for a work permit within 2 years from the date of the offense. For employers who employ foreigners without a work permit or work permit, a penalty of 10,000 – 100,000 baht / one alien worker is imposed. If repeated offenses are punishable by imprisonment of not more than 1 year or a fine of 50,000 – 200,000 Baht, or both, and no foreign workers can be employed for 3 years if foreign workers wish to work in Thailand. It must come in the form of import under the MOU only, ” Gen. Adul said in the end.
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