May 14, 2016

50,000 Myanmar migrant workers quit Thai fishing jobs for home

An estimated 50,000 Myanmar workers in fishing industry in central Thailand have called it quits and returned home while many more are believed to follow suit sooner or later.

The migrant workers including those who had been employed and stayed in Thailand for many years have decided to return home and would not come back for jobs in this country anymore, Kamjorn Mongkoltreeluck, head of a fishery association in Samut Sakorn province, said on Friday.

Samut Sakorn, about 35 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, houses Thailand's largest fishing, frozen seafood and food processing industry. (Courtesy of Xinhua)

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