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
People smuggling on the rise along Cambodia’s border despite COVID-19 restrictions
Civil society groups have expressed concern at a reported increase in human trafficking as well as the “systematic” unlawful smuggling of people... Read More
Debt main reason for Cambodians seeking jobs in Thailand
Unmanageable debts are one of the main reasons why many Cambodians have felt forced to leave their homes and look for jobs... Read More
Thai overpass collapse injures Cambodian migrant workers
Seven Cambodian migrant workers were hospitalised for mild and serious injuries after an overpass under construction in Thailand collapsed on January 23.... Read More
Urgent measures needed to deal with returning migrant workers
In an exclusive interview with Khmer Times, Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (CENTRAL) Programme Manager Khun Tharo said Cambodia needs urgent... Read More
Gov’t to assist Cambodians in need during Malaysia state of emergency
The government will provide assistance to any Cambodian migrant worker who needs help during a state of emergency imposed by Malaysia to... Read More
20K jobs await returning migrants
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that it will provide 20,000 jobs in the domestic market to migrant workers... Read More
14-Year-Old Calls for Help After Three Weeks in Chinese Police Station
In a voice message, a 14-year-old girl said she was pregnant after four months of abuse by her Chinese “husband,” and was... Read More
More Than 150 Cambodian Migrant Workers Have COVID-19 in Recent Thai Outbreak
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Thailand’s Health Ministry reported on Friday that at least 153 Cambodian workers in Thailand tested positive for COVID-19,... Read More
Cambodia Soliciting Vaccine Donations ‘Populist, Corrupt’: Acting Opposition Chief Sam Rainsy
The acting president of Cambodia’s opposition party, Sam Rainsy, on Thursday slammed the country’s government for soliciting donations to buy coronavirus vaccines... Read More