Migrant workers who believed Veasna prophecy in dire straits
Source: Khmer Times More than 500 migrant workers, who fled from South Korea and Japan to join Khem Veasna’s end-of-the-world gathering... Read More
Police Bust Compound for Trafficking, Advocates Remain Doubtful
Source: Camboja Nearly 500 foreign nationals were found by authorities at a Sihanoukville compound where illegal gambling, confinement, torture, human trafficking and... Read More
No provision for Cambodians to vote from abroad, says NEC
Source:KhmerTimes The National Election Committee (NEC) said yesterday it is “impossible” to allow migrant workers in neighbouring Thailand to vote for upcoming... Read More
Pandemic-tightened border heralds end to cross-border logging
Source: The Phnom Penh Post A senior official in Preah Vihear province said that in the last few years no Cambodians had... Read More
Long Separations Sustain Migrant Families’ Incomes
While cooking lunch in front of her house in Prey Veng province, Sao Ley, a 25-year-old housewife, recalls her husband’s last trip... 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
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
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
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
Migrants still slipping through closed Thai-Cambodian border, despite pandemic fears
Source: CambojA In April, 18-year-old Sophoth illegally crossed the Thai-Cambodian border to work at a factory. In July, he was arrested and... Read More
Human trafficking cases surge in early 2021 amid economic distress
A senior Ministry of Interior official said 85 human trafficking cases were recorded in the first quarter of this year, an increase... Read More