Certificates of Identity to be Issued to Migrant Workers in Thailand
Certificates of Identity to be Issued to Migrant Workers in Thailand
The Irrawaddy, 08 Feb 2017
URL: http://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/certificates-of-identity-to-be-issued-to-migrant-workers-in-thailand.html
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The issuance of the certificate of identity (CI)—a document for Burmese migrants proving that they are Burmese citizens—will start this month and be provided at six different service centers in Thailand.
U San Yu Kyaw, the Consul from the Burmese Consulate in Chiang Mai said the CI service centers would open soon in Mae Sai—on the Thai-Shan State border—for migrants resides in northern Thailand, as well as in Tak Province’s Mae Sot, and the provinces of Ranong and Samut Sakhon. There will also be two centers in Mahachai, outside of Bangkok.
Aiming to spread knowledge of the procedures of issuing CIs to migrants who do not have legal documents, Thai and Burmese officials joined the workshop organized by Thailand’s Human Rights and Development Foundation on Wednesday in Chiang Mai.
U San Yu Kyaw said that Thai employment and immigration officials, lawyers, and Burmese consulate representatives and migrant workers discussed cooperation in addressing the various problems faced by Burmese migrant workers in Thailand.
The governments of Thailand and Burma are still in negotiations regarding how to precede with migrant workers whose legal documentation will expire while they are working in Thailand; it has been unclear which document holders could apply for a CI.
U San Yu Kyaw, the Consul from the Burmese Consulate in Chiang Mai said the CI service centers would open soon in Mae Sai—on the Thai-Shan State border—for migrants resides in northern Thailand, as well as in Tak Province’s Mae Sot, and the provinces of Ranong and Samut Sakhon. There will also be two centers in Mahachai, outside of Bangkok.
Aiming to spread knowledge of the procedures of issuing CIs to migrants who do not have legal documents, Thai and Burmese officials joined the workshop organized by Thailand’s Human Rights and Development Foundation on Wednesday in Chiang Mai.
U San Yu Kyaw said that Thai employment and immigration officials, lawyers, and Burmese consulate representatives and migrant workers discussed cooperation in addressing the various problems faced by Burmese migrant workers in Thailand.
The governments of Thailand and Burma are still in negotiations regarding how to precede with migrant workers whose legal documentation will expire while they are working in Thailand; it has been unclear which document holders could apply for a CI.