Challenges of Cambodian Migrant Workers During the Covid-19 Outbreak
Phnom Penh, September 16, 2021 – Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) has released a report titled “Challenges of... Read More
Public warned that migrant visas for work in Australia not ready yet
Source: Khmer Times The Labour Ministry announced on Monday that the public should be wary of all advertisements about recruiting and sending... Read More
Cambodia will temporarily accept up to 300 Afghan refugees
Source: CambojA The Cambodian government said it has agreed to shelter up to 300 Afghan refugees while they are being processed for... Read More
Twelve Cambodian women rescued from traffickers in China
Source: CambojA A Cambodian officials said Thursday that Cambodian and Chinese authorities had rescued 12 women who were victims of human... Read More
After Escaping Thailand’s Covid-19 Surge, Returnees Find Themselves Back to Old Problems
Source: VOD Some migrant workers, returning from Thailand to escape a Covid-19 surge and joblessness there, say they are finding the transition... Read More
Gov’t requests Covid treatment for migrants
Source: The Phnom Penh Post Cambodia has requested that Thailand provide medical treatment to Cambodian migrant workers who contract Covid-19 there... Read More
JOINT STATEMENT: Redress Cambodia’s human rights situation before establishing an NHRI 24 August 2021, Phnom Penh – In light of the... Read More
Minimum wage negotiations to start at $200 a month, gov’t says 21 public holidays for 2022
Source: Cambodia Investment Review Annual minimum wage negotiations for Cambodia’s garment workers are expected to start at $200 a month. If successful... Read More
Advocates urge booster dose for garment workers
Source: CambojA Unions and civil society groups are urging the government to prioritize garment workers for a booster dose of the COVID-19... Read More
Thousands Pour Back Through Reopened Thai Border
Source: VOD Cambodian returnees from Thailand have surged since the reopening of borders on Friday, local officials said, with migrants trucked in... Read More
Cambodian migrant workers start coming home as border reopens
Source: CambojA Migrant workers have started returning to Cambodia as Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints reopened Thursday and Friday, following a two-week shutdown to... Read More
Hundreds of Migrants Return as Thai Border Reopens
Source:VOD Hundreds of migrant workers poured back into the country on Friday as its borders to Covid-19-hit Thailand reopened, and the flow... Read More
Poipet’s Border Casino Workers Are Out of Work, Out of Options
ប្រភព៖ VOD Leng Sreyneth, 25, says she doesn’t know if she’s capable of doing much more than serving food and drinks... Read More
Provinces Say They Are Prepared as Border Reopens at Midnight
Source: VOD In Oddar Meanchey, authorities have prepared 30 quarantine centers and 10 treatment centers ahead of reopening the border to Thailand... Read More
Subcontractors Say Payments Disappearing Amid Stacks of Construction Bosses
Source:VOD Chuon Vanny’s team of five workers, who lay bricks for the Royal Condominium construction in Choam Chao I commune, have all... Read More
Joint Letter of Demands to Brands
04 August 2021 We, the undersigned trade union confederations, federations representing hundreds of thousands of workers in Cambodia’s textile, garment and... Read More
Cambodia Closes Border Crossings as COVID-19 Crisis Strands Migrant Workers in Thailand
Source: RFA Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand on Thursday blasted Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government for ordering provinces near the Thai border... Read More
Cambodian Migrant Workers Stuck in Thailand with COVID-19 as Border Closes
Source: Cambodianess The government’s decision to close the border traps as many as 1 million Cambodians in Thailand and could lead migrant... Read More
Gov’t locks down border provinces, and announces new nationwide restrictions, amid fears of spreading Delta variant
Source: CambojA The Cambodian government announced it is locking down eight provinces along the Thai border in order to curb the spread... Read More
Up to Quarter of Returnees From Thailand Testing Positive for Covid-19
Source: VOD As much as 25 percent of migrant workers coming back from Covid-stricken Thailand are testing positive, according to provincial authorities,... Read More