PHNOM PENH, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of Cambodians registered as heading abroad for work jumped more than a third in the first six months of this year, local media reported on Friday, citing government's figure.
Nhem Kimhuov, an official at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying that 4,862 migrant laborers went abroad in the first six months, compared with 3,561 in the same period last year.
"In the first six months, the number of migrant worker in Malaysia increased 150 percent from 1,181 to 2,955, whereas in Thailand they were down one-third to 812," he said.
"But in the case of Thailand, it definitely decreased because of political unrest (in Thailand) and the issue in the border," he said.
However, he said there is still good cooperation between Thai and Cambodian counterparts in the labor sector, and with their opposite numbers in Malaysia.
The economic crisis and its impact on migrant workers is a concern, said Ya Navuth, director of the NGO Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility.
"When they return home, they often can't get work, as thousands of garment workers are unemployed," he said.
Nhem Kimhuov, an official at the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying that 4,862 migrant laborers went abroad in the first six months, compared with 3,561 in the same period last year.
"In the first six months, the number of migrant worker in Malaysia increased 150 percent from 1,181 to 2,955, whereas in Thailand they were down one-third to 812," he said.
"But in the case of Thailand, it definitely decreased because of political unrest (in Thailand) and the issue in the border," he said.
However, he said there is still good cooperation between Thai and Cambodian counterparts in the labor sector, and with their opposite numbers in Malaysia.
The economic crisis and its impact on migrant workers is a concern, said Ya Navuth, director of the NGO Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility.
"When they return home, they often can't get work, as thousands of garment workers are unemployed," he said.
6 comments:
Cambodia is becoming another Philippines. Instead of exporting goods and services, it export people.
hey, mexico and philipines are doing this for a long time already. so, stop picking on cambodia, ok! we want our freedom to work overseas as well, ok! no bias, please! this way, the world will know cambodia better!
1:36AM no budy want to stop people from moving1 But we just know that there is no job in Canbodia!
Ah kwack do not see the country economic is down!
Stupid ah PhD with no education!
Ah dick head Hun Xen!
people should have a choice to go work overseas, irrelevant whether gov't have enough job for them or not! it makes no difference even if there are a lot of jobs in cambodia, people still need to go overseas to earn a living just like everybody else on this planet. it has nothing to do with job creation, especially with people's choices to go work overseas. i think working overseas can actually make people smarter and more nationalistic when they miss their home country, and when they come back they bring in new ideas and new skills as well. smart!
i think if it's up to opposition party, people are still ignorant because they only thinking inside the box like a tadpole in a fishbowl. cambodia cannot afford that dark age or stone age thinking anymore, you know! god bless cambodia.
even in school, they have exchange programs, so people can gain worldly experience between people from all walks of life and culture, etc... wake up, people! don't be so selfish and narrow-minded! be smart for a change! god bless cambodia.
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