Quarterly Briefing Note

TRIANGLE in ASEAN Quarterly Briefing Note: Thailand (๋July - September 2017)

In September, the Ministry of Labour initiated a review of the 1979 Royal Decree that prohibits foreigners in Thailand from working in 39 occupations. Currently, an exemption is made for migrants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam countries so that they can work as “labourers and domestic helpers”.