Thailand opening doors to more foreign workers to revive economy

Thailand had about 2.5 million foreign workers before the pandemic, with at least one-fifth having left the country since the start of the pandemic. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand plans to allow more foreign workers into the country starting next month to fill a labour shortage that has hurt manufacturers and poses a risk to an economy that’s just starting to recover from the Covid-19 outbreak.

The government is allowing illegal workers now in Thailand to register by the end of the month to assess how many more people to allow in from neighbouring countries, such as Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.