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Immigration police are demanding the operators of hotels and guesthouses file reports on foreigners within 24 hours of their check-in, or face fines.

Homeless, hungry and nine months pregnant, Nuru boarded a rickety boat filled with Rohingya asylum seekers fleeing a wave of deadly sectarian violence in western Myanmar.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has praised Brazil as a role model in cracking down on child labour and for setting an example for other countries, including Thailand, to follow.

Officials in Laos are concerned about a possible future labour shortage as workers cross the border to search for better paid jobs in Thailand.

PHUKET: Employers of ‘low-skill migrant workers’ in Phuket and across Thailand have until March 16 to have their respective employees registered under the National Verification (NV) process, the Phuket Labor Office has confirmed.

The Myanmar Embassy in Thailand on Thursday announced the recommencement of a new period of registration for migrant workers and their employers at 11 sites throughout Thailand beginning Friday, February 15.

Activists say that up to 19,000 people - mostly Rohingya Muslims - have set sail from Myanmar's western Rakhine state to Thailand to escape violence and deteriorating living conditions.

The Labour Ministry hopes the nationality verification (NV) of migrant workers will help improve the country's standing on the US human trafficking watch list.