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Thailand recruits more temporary workers for seafood sector

An agreement with the government of Myanmar could bring in another 42,000 workers 

By Undercurrent News | Sept. 3, 2018 14:06 BST
Hundreds of rescued foreign fishermen, mostly from Myanmar and Thailand, are gathered by Indonesia's illegal fishing taskforce and Thai officials at an Indonesian fishing firm on April 3 2015, in remote Benjina Island. Photo credit: AFP/ Ugeng Nugroho for the Indonesian ministry of fishery
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Faced with a shortage of around 53,000 migrant workers for its seafood sector, Thailand's government is stepping up recruiting efforts and taking new measures to make hiring easier [...]

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