BANGKOK (Xinhua): Most Myanmar migrant workers, who have returned home from Thailand, are unlikely to come back for jobs in this country, a senior government official said on Thursday (May 28).
According to Suphaphimit Paorik, a deputy governor of Tak province, 75 per cent of over 1,800 Myanmar nationals, who crossed the Thai-Myanmar border from Mae Sot district of the western Thai province to Myawaddy township since earlier this month, told Thai immigration officials that it was unlikely that they would return to Thailand in search of jobs.
The homecoming Myanmar nationals, who have undergone anti-pandemic measures at the Mae Sot border checkpoint near the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, were quoted as saying they would have difficulty in finding jobs in Thailand due to the pandemic and economic slump.
Given experiences at work in Thailand, the Myanmar nationals said they would look for jobs in their home country, said the deputy provincial governor, adding that many more are expected to leave for home via Mae Sot. - Xinhua
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