Cambodian workers flock home from Thailand after clashes

Cambodian migrant workers carrying their belongings as they returned from Thailand following border clashes through the Daung International Border Gate in Battambang province. - Photo: AFP

PHNOM PENH: Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned from Thailand following deadly border clashes between the two neighbours, a labour ministry official told AFP on Wednesday (Aug 6).

Cambodia and Thailand agreed on a ceasefire starting from July 29 after five days of clashes killed at least 43 people on both sides when a long-standing dispute over contested border temples boiled over into fighting on their 800km boundary.