tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34894075479576705132024-03-14T07:23:02.413-07:00Labour Rights Promotion Network FoundationLPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-55716977339232387602011-12-19T03:40:00.000-08:002011-12-20T22:47:39.651-08:00November update: Flood Relief<div class="MsoNormal">It’s been over a month that we haven’t updated our blog. It doesn’t mean that we didn’t have any interesting works to do though. Instead, we were rather obsessed by the activities we were doing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In response to the flood, LPN relief operation can be categorised into four main areas of activities.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Emergency Relief and Rescue</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The very first priority during November was to do emergency relief operations for flood victims in particularly remote areas where other relief operations might have difficulty to have an access; for example, Lamlukka district and Bangkuwat district of Prathumthani Province, Bangkhuntien district of Bangkok, and as well as Buddhamonthon Sai 5 of Nakorn Prathom Province. After conducting the survey on the numbers of victims in each area and examine their needs, it showed that most of the victims lack an access to clean water. Therefore, we brought them clean water which is produced by our water purification plant. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">While in Ratchaburi province, our local-based team acted as a hotline coordinator to provide assistance to migrants who wished to evacuate from affected flooding areas. Further to that, the team helped outsource food supply for migrants living at the evacuation centre provided by the Ministry of Labour. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Prevention</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Mr. Sompong Srakaew, director, invited the two groups of volunteers to train on how to work as watchdogs in response to possible flood in Samut Sakhon. There were many migrants who volunteered themselves to safeguard their communities. On the first training, we were honoured by the staff from Save the Children UK who came to train our first group volunteers and LPN staff on the issue of Child Protection in Evacuation Centres.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Recovery </b><br />
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<b> </b>At Wat Klong Maduer in Samut Sakhon, we received and assisted factory workers to claim their wage from employers as it happened that many workers had to leave flooded factories before the next cycle of their wage payment turned.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Fundraising </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGI3EXjAHcgBPovT6qhjP15qKOhf3iAdCUxEDWe2H8-rdYwcImzUXvZEFZWcrJM9VYv71TU4tGSVCRBQEsEhxG__hFP0fi_SIlf7yJrluzOetXV9KNhu-ddf47kqzj5Z_219fZTjc9RLA/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGI3EXjAHcgBPovT6qhjP15qKOhf3iAdCUxEDWe2H8-rdYwcImzUXvZEFZWcrJM9VYv71TU4tGSVCRBQEsEhxG__hFP0fi_SIlf7yJrluzOetXV9KNhu-ddf47kqzj5Z_219fZTjc9RLA/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Fundraising programme</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We went on fundraising programme selling second-hand clothes at a flea market in Ratchaburi Province, aiming to raise money to buy anti-fungal cream against Hong Kong foot for flood victims. This activity wasn’t so successful. Nonetheless, we could meet a lot of people who had to move shortly from flood areas to stay in Ratchaburi, and had a chance to listen to their shared experiences.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yet, December’s activities are still actively going on like always. Soon enough we are going to update our activities again. See you next time, readers. Good luck!</div>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-52175228684774499442011-11-11T20:57:00.000-08:002011-11-12T00:40:44.801-08:00Hand to Hand: Safe and Clean Water for Flood Victims<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcBCFCQqN0cykF7zfoRx8fe6gjmbxxnPdBFiqX3tUflUkiJNpCT7c2vvRS5l9ui4yiQkQjAtGnEp0_2itnwLTTnu3NU0MsikFDjdwOymgHu0PTjHoAVdG6uxyGobgfEvdfw48EyqRSuA/s1600/DSC_1121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcBCFCQqN0cykF7zfoRx8fe6gjmbxxnPdBFiqX3tUflUkiJNpCT7c2vvRS5l9ui4yiQkQjAtGnEp0_2itnwLTTnu3NU0MsikFDjdwOymgHu0PTjHoAVdG6uxyGobgfEvdfw48EyqRSuA/s320/DSC_1121.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><br />
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<b>Hand to Hand: Donations for Flood Victims in Thailand 2011</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>LPN Operation Centre for Flood Relief (LPN-CFR)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN) has established a contingency plan to prepare safe and clean water to supply to flood victims living in Central area: Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Samutsongkram, and Evacuation Centres at Ratchaburi province. We have, therefore, purchased a Water Purification Reverse Osmosis Plant, which has capacity to produce 6,000 litres of clean water per day, to be installed at the LPN Office. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Water purification reverse osmosis plant and installation cost: <b>209,650 Thai Baht</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Anyone is interested in making financial contribution for the purchase, </b><b>please contact us</b>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">The Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation(LPN)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">Samut Sakhon Office: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">25/17-18 Mahachai Muangthong Village, Sahakorn Road,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">Bang Yah Praek Sub-District, Samut Sakhon Province</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">74000 THAILAND</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Tel: +66.34.434.726, +66.86.163.1390</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">All your contributions will be highly appreciated. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thank you from LPN!</div>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-73050873977093373422011-11-07T20:11:00.000-08:002011-11-07T20:29:06.491-08:00Safety First: The Preparation for the Flood in Mahachai<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBdFeYoplAsV6FSsHqwVxlUqKQVQEwNwUux1Bxg1AGz1leQssggloIFRRtMZXoZY8QNrjnJem7buh1DhdcyF42m6TNKqg32C5siO-hoHL_1UMaaviYOmX7ThSfYVgbcMt92zgAQG_BTQ/s1600/DSC_1052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
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<div style="color: black; text-align: justify;">The flooding situation in the critical areas like Ayutthaya, Nakornsawan, Pathumthani provinces is slowly getting better. Samut Sakhon is the final channel which all water mass from northern provinces will pass by before running to the sea. However, many people here seem not to be aware of the flood. When you walk to the inner city of Mahachai, asking people about how they prepare about the flood, they would probably laughed at your question. </div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Mahachai is closed to the sea; flooding is, in fact, quite a usual phenomenon here. When the sea tide rises, the low area like Mahachai market is slightly flooded in the morning, and then the water will go back to the sea in the afternoon. Therefore, many people in Mahachai perceive that the flood caused by the water mass coming from the north to Mahachai would be more or less like the sea rising period, and subsequently, they do not prepare much for the flood.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">LPN is aware of severity of the flood in Mahachai, and at the same time, we are aware of some unfortunate groups of people who may rarely have an access to the Thai news. We, therefore, work together with Raks Thai Foundation in public announcement and dissemination, hoping that residents both Thai and migrant workers in Mahachai know and understand about the flooding situation, and be well-prepared for the flood and evacuation. Since last few days, our mobile car have been going to communities; for instance, Bang Pla, Po Jae, Moo Si, Golden etc. to inform local people about the flood and what to do during the flooding. We announce, hand over the leaflet giving the instructions in three languages: Thai, Burmese, and Mon, and talk to people about the preparation. At the same time, we try to build up the key network in each area so that these people could help inform us about the situation in each community.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon enough, water will reach the inner city of Mahachai. Until then, we hope that more people will be ready for the flood, and less people will be affected by this flood.</div>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-39732426870333967762011-11-04T12:23:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:39:37.416-07:00Hand to Hand Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9xN6TztJ-Qo8-xoZAVB0Xfe9GXxPJIo1Zrg-n70EwpVe-FTwB8Hh3nwvsBCt04fQqblwbKQqxG3e6IpTaGKI3BRdD3z_0n40ciULWdymELiuFBGRIh-axp-ayl9kKoVLNsJUmqcE75s/s1600/Child+protection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWJtW7z4pHJIRFjuNYiY3PQw9D0NsL_vEKr2QMf8ajBaavufPnKuri2m1FrhONVrlKs-4-YsZGix1r3_QMijMod7FecgO0vblNLfI_uOZMq0StySTmegS1fUy2nmpstrPIVEUcJhTReo/s1600/Debriefing+for+volunteers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWJtW7z4pHJIRFjuNYiY3PQw9D0NsL_vEKr2QMf8ajBaavufPnKuri2m1FrhONVrlKs-4-YsZGix1r3_QMijMod7FecgO0vblNLfI_uOZMq0StySTmegS1fUy2nmpstrPIVEUcJhTReo/s400/Debriefing+for+volunteers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #bf9000; text-align: center;">Debriefing on Volunteers' fundraising work</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">We had officially completed our Aud + Dee camping since 24 October 2011. On the last day, we had a debriefing with the young volunteers regarding their fundraising for flood victims. In the final conclusion, approximately, 1,200 people received help from the Aud + Dee fundraising project.</div><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the final part of the meeting, we have informed the volunteers about our ongoing mission for flood victims, the "Hand to Hand" project, which is supported by the Save the Children UK in Thailand. We name our project like this because we would like to guarantee that every penny we spend from donations will go directly to the victims' hands. And now, it is our delight to see that these volunteers are enthusiastic to help us in the new programme. Yet, we have staff, but we still need more donations both in goods and finance to keep our flood relief programme run. And these days, we make it easier for donors who would like to make a donation through credit card. It is now possible to send your donation to our LPN Foundation online. If you wish to make a donation, please see the PayPal link on your right-hand side and follow its instructions.<br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">where it was one of a hard-to-reach area</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Again, we assure you that your donations will go directly to the hands of those who are affected by the flood. Thank you in advance for your kind support.LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-51871666577411045112011-10-24T06:42:00.000-07:002011-10-24T07:42:25.975-07:00Flood relief operation at Sam Khok, Prathumthani province<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBKqeQMgu8XFItBHUXdJDV3y4-snpSPmu3Hfvxx4P7dQIMZraVI6ewNVXf59MzNnt2qhHq2NoCdRrot4Tm3IlG0shZ1oPfgglpq1MPTlKjid__w7gGQtL7EHsNQkGGr-pMGm8XSQ35dU/s1600/Samkok2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBKqeQMgu8XFItBHUXdJDV3y4-snpSPmu3Hfvxx4P7dQIMZraVI6ewNVXf59MzNnt2qhHq2NoCdRrot4Tm3IlG0shZ1oPfgglpq1MPTlKjid__w7gGQtL7EHsNQkGGr-pMGm8XSQ35dU/s320/Samkok2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"> The LPN team, and the crews from Department of Fisheries<br />
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Following the fundraising activity conducted by the young campers, we could raise some fund to buy basic needs such as food, drink, medicine etc to distribute to flood victims living in the areas of Pathumthani, and Nontaburi province. After a week of emergency relief work, we found that the main obstacle for our effort is to work out with logistics. Sam Khok area in Pathumthani province can be a good example. Our goal was to distribute emergency relief bags at that remote and disastrously affected area. Even big trucks cannot bring us there! However, distance, water current and heat could not discourage our team which is comprised of LPN staff, and young volunteers to go to Sam Khok. All team members had carried cumblesome relief bags on their shoulders and walked over 10 kilometres until they met a motor boat from Department of Fisheries. With the help from this boat, they could finally distribute relief bags to affected people. <br />
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This can be just one example which we could successfully work to achieve our goal. Although the total number of affected people in Thailand are unknown, but assumably, it must be very high. We know that it is a big dream to help all flood victims, but we will do our best to respond to their basic needs!LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-72952153621841307252011-10-23T10:42:00.000-07:002011-10-23T10:45:28.267-07:00Thai Flood<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Rights Protection and Humanitarian Assistances</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "AngsanaUPC","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">For All Flood Victims, under the Principle of Non-crimination, regardless of the Nationality, Race, Language, and Legal Status</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "AngsanaUPC","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="right" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "AngsanaUPC","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3489407547957670513&postID=7295215362184130725" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3489407547957670513&postID=7295215362184130725" name="OLE_LINK1"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Human Rights Subcommittee on Ethnic Minorities, Stateless, Migrant Workers and Displaced Persons </span></a></div><div align="right" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Lawyers Council of Thailand</span></div><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">October, 21<sup>st</sup> 2011</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">According to the flood crisis, striking many provinces of the Kingdom of Thailand, a significant number of people have unavoidably become victims who are physically, emotionally, and economically damaged. Among the number, there are, also, thousands of migrant workers, suffering from not only becoming the victims, but also from language barriers which fall down between them and other Thai rescuing corps, doubling the migrants’ unfortunates.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So far, it is a great pleasure to acknowledge that many public and private sections attempt to provide supports to all victims, regardless of the nationality, race, language, and legal status. However, there are, still, some parties that are worrying and questioning about the migrants’ legal status, their entry to the country, and their domicile. As such, feelings of concern and even threat have been created. Some Thai citizens may feel unsafe to house or shelter the migrant victims. Consequently, some of these victims are not able to get access to fundamental supports and services provided, as well as, are denied from staying in temporary shelters served by both public and private offices.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As a result, the Human Rights Subcommittee on Ethnic Minorities, Stateless, Migrant Workers and Displaced Persons, under the Lawyers Council of Thailand, is realizing that, in order to solve the existing problems with migrant victims, to make certain mutual understandings to all sections, including public authorities, private organizations, and Thai society, especially FROC, is crucial and, therefore, should all be advised that; </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1) All migrant workers are one of the key factors, driving the country’s economic system, especially in unpopular businesses for Thai citizens such as low-paid works and labor jobs. Hence, these workers must be respected as members of Thai society as a whole. Assisting the migrant victims in this time of flood crisis must be protected under the Human Rights and Humanitarian principles which equally applied to all individuals, regardless of their nationality, race, language, culture, and legal status. These principles are as well stated in many international laws, conventions, treaties, signed by the Royal Thai Government, and also affirmed and regulated by the 2550 Constitution.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2) Concerning the legal status of Burmese, Lao, and Cambodian workers, the Royal Thai Government has issued the certain measures that allow these workers and their attendants to temporarily stay and work in the state by registering themselves with the Ministry of Interior and filing for work permits to the Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Though some workers have been verified by the NV process and, accordingly, hold the passports, visas, and work permits, some are, on the contrary, illegally entering and residing in the country. However, no matter how the Immigration Act identifies the definition of legally and illegally entering and residing, Measures and practices related to migrant workers by means of saving their lives from the flood crisis by</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 1. rescuing and transporting migrant workers and their attendants can not be considered that the rescuers and the owners or the controllers of the vehicles are violating the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 Art. 70,</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 2. assisting and sheltering migrant workers and their attendants in any kinds of accommodation, both public and private can not be considered that the persons in charge are violating the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 Art. 64,</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 3. necessarily traveling outside the registered areas in order to save lives from the flood without requesting permission prior leaving can not be considered as violating the MOI proclamation on illegal traveling outside permitted areas,</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 4. as a result of the flood and for the purpose of life supporting, necessarily changing employments and employers to the prohibited careers or without informing the authority prior changing employments can not be considered as violating the related MOL’s proclamation </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 5. medical treating migrant workers and their attendants can not be considered that such medical officers are violating the laws</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 6. in case of public authorities, including police and administrative officers who are empowered to handle with illegal migration, domestically and internationally, not arresting illegal migrant workers and their attendants can not be considered as violating the Criminal Code, Art. 157</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 7. in case of the MOL officers who are responsible for investigating illegal working cases, not arresting or proceeding the migrant workers, who don’t hold work permits or work in the unregistered careers, can not be considered as violating the Criminal Code, Art. 157, and</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> 8. among other things, assisting and saving lives of all victims which are the most important things to all officers, volunteers, and citizens are required under the humanitarian regimes with respects to human dignity, greater goods of co-habitation, and great morals implied in the human rights principles.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3) The flood crisis is happening very sudden in many areas. Therefore, there are a number of migrant employees who don’t hold important identification papers such as work permits and passports because of many reasons. Some lost the papers in the flood, and some left them in the accommodations, while some didn’t have them in the first place since their employers seized the papers. Accordingly, it is crucial to achieve co-operations from all relevant departments in order to provide helps to migrant victims without concerning to the papers and their legal status. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4) Employers who seized the employees’ papers should return them to the owners at once since seizing such papers without proper causes is illegal.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5) Public and private sectors, including employers must equally assist, support, heal, and protect migrant workers and their rights as a labor worker under the Labor Protection Act B.E. 2551 and other relevant laws.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Sub-Committee would like to thank all sections for kindness and generosity in equally handing humanitarian helps and services to all victims without discrimination.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; text-justify: inter-cluster;"><span lang="TH" style="color: black; font-family: "AngsanaUPC","serif"; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="TH" style="color: black; font-family: "AngsanaUPC","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Surapong Kongchantuk</span><span lang="TH" style="color: black; font-family: "AngsanaUPC","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Chairperson</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Human Rights Subcommittee on Ethnic Minorities, </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Stateless, Migrant Workers and Displaced Persons</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Lawyers Council of Thailand</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -72.0pt;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For more information</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Surapong Kongchantuk</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Angsana New","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Chairperson (081-6424006)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Angsana New","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Further legal assistance</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Thanu Ak-Chote Sub-committee (081-1718228)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Nassir Artwarin Sub-committee (081-6181929)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Communication</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Thipvimon Sirinupong Sub-committee (085-0440234)</span></div>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-676430753407276682011-10-12T21:55:00.000-07:002011-10-19T01:05:29.760-07:00Youth Gathering "T-Shirt, Goodwill, No Border"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLCim2y6EEx1owuF_jV7U1OpAGekJQP-iWSCXb4SvalyjxzCCR5M9_9g3TIQpheHgtpUDpxBQIkQ8bS21_NFv1xFrhqSbW-nvs2pFRSSoV8smoRVX6yVwAOJHx5sz4FjtH5j5tng9C2A/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLCim2y6EEx1owuF_jV7U1OpAGekJQP-iWSCXb4SvalyjxzCCR5M9_9g3TIQpheHgtpUDpxBQIkQ8bS21_NFv1xFrhqSbW-nvs2pFRSSoV8smoRVX6yVwAOJHx5sz4FjtH5j5tng9C2A/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Meeting before the open-box rally started </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">13 October 2011</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Currently, a group of young people gathering to run an activity created and administered by themselves at the LPN. Initially, their programme has been launched since last Saturday, 9th October when they had the first meeting discussing the ideas of what to do in Mahachai area, where there are a lot of Burmese migrants living and working. Apart from this original idea, these young activists have concern about the current flooding problem in Thailand, which caused many people death and homeless. Therefore, they decided to deliver their concern to Thai and migrant communities in Mahachai, and opened the box and rallied over communities for donations. It was quite a big success after all as the financial donation from Thais and Burmese migrants in Mahachai has reached roughly 19,000 Baht in 1 day (12 October 2011).</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">On this upcoming weekend, 15-16 October 2011, these worker group will organise a gathering event with children at Luang Pat Koson Uppatham School. Besides camping event, they will open a booth sellingT-Shirts. The profit raised from sold products will be donated to help flood victims all over Thailand.</span>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-24148934596806036682011-10-12T02:48:00.000-07:002011-10-12T02:48:09.303-07:00Trauma in Migrant Workers and Migrant Child Laborers in Thailand<div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">This time, LPN is permitted to publish a written work of 2010 from our previous intern, Ms. Sutikant Ratanachaiyaphan, who is currently studying at New York University, on our blog. This paper is writing on the trauma among migrant groups in Thailand based on theoretical and clinical perspectives. As the paper is quite long, we decide to put only an introduction on the blog. Provided anyone is interested in reading the whole paper, please contact us at: <a href="mailto:lpnthailand2011@gmail.com">lpnthailand2011@gmail.com</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introduction <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Background<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span> </span>Systematic political repression and brutality in Burma has been forcing millions of people to flee their homes – taking cover in the jungles or escaping to neighboring countries. Perverse human right abuses by the Burmese military junta, including torture, forced labor and relocation, forced recruitment, extrajudicial killing, rape, political imprisonment, and cutting access to information, health care, and fundamental needs for living are commonplace. Many ethnic nationalities have taken flight through Thai-Burmese state boundary, only end up living in darkness on the Thai side. Once they cross the border into Thailand, they are often regarded by the Thai society as the aberrant – unqualified political subject whose lives do not qualify to be accounted for (Tangseefa, 2006). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span> </span>Approximately 150,000 now live in the refugee camps in Thailand </span><span style="line-height: 200%;">(“Regional thematic”, 2008)</span><span style="line-height: 200%;">, where life offers limited hope and self-determination that further proliferating the suffering brought on by the human rights abuses they have endured. In addition, millions live outside the camps as undocumented migrant workers: filling the difficult, dangerous, and dirty jobs with limited legal protection and redress under Thai law and remain vulnerable to human rights violations, physical violence, and exploitation </span><span style="line-height: 200%;">(“Regional thematic”)</span><span style="line-height: 200%;">. Female are particularly vulnerable to rape, trafficking, and unwanted pregnancy.</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> Their children, whether accompanying them at the time of migration or born in Thailand are also considered undocumented and hold illegal status.</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> Throughout this paper I will use the term migrant worker and child laborer for them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span> </span>Not only did they endure trauma in their country of origin, but they will also have been exposed to trauma during their journey across the border, and will continue to suffer relentlessly from persistent trauma in the destination country. The children, they are often pressed into child labor and denied the opportunity to enroll in a school: instead, they are forced to contribute to the family’s income to help them survive. While in Burma they are likely to have been exposed to war-related traumatic events such as witnessing people being severely beaten or being in close proximity to gunfire. Their childhood traumas are generated from outside, but damage them internally. Like rheumatic fever, it stays inside the body and remains active for years; often to the detriment of the young (Terr, 1991).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> My experience working with migrant workers and their children have been harrowing, the torments inflicted on them under the Burmese dictatorship and the Thai government that chooses not to see, have been imperceptible to the outside world. Their sufferings have rarely been adequate redress. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine their traumatic experiences and especially to focus on the plight of children by drawing on my fieldwork experience with them in Thailand. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
</div>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-35468466685468662242011-10-09T02:12:00.001-07:002011-10-13T06:52:03.621-07:00Calls for Donations to Help Flood Victims in ThailandCurrently, Thailand is facing a severe flood situation especially in the northern, central and north-eastern region. Victims of the flood are suffering from the insufficient of food, clean water and medicine. Moreover, the floodwater has taken away their land and shelter leaving them homeless. The victims are relying on many parties for survival both governmental, private sector, and other non-governmental organizations for help and support. The Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation deems the importance of the occurring problems affecting the lives of the people both Thai and migrant workers needs to be taken care of immediately. The organisation together with migrant workers group is encouraging those who concern to donate goods for those being affected by the flood. Thai citizen and migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province has proceeded in distributing goods in the affected provinces, which will start on the 9th – 23rd October 2011. From the 23rd onward the activity will be carried over by organizations dealing with the provinces or central organisations.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This article aims to extract our lessons learnt in promoting the migrant children's right to health service. Firstly I would like to say “thank you” on behalf of the children to those who still think of marginalised population in Thailand who has no access to health service. Although the cabinet resolution granting this right was issued on 23 March 2010, it was not well publicised and only few relevant government agencies aware of this new regulation. The question now is how “migrant children and those who have no citizenship” can enjoy their right to health.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The cabinet resolution issued on 23 March 2010 regulated that the Ministry of Public Health must “return” the basic rights to the 457,409 stateless people – with the allocated budget of 472,823,683.30 Thai Baht. This can be operated from 1 April 2010. The guideline was that the people with identity number begin with (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) and (0) shall register themselves at the public health units in their locality without any cost. This should be done within three months starting from 1 April 2010. As I already mentioned earlier, this policy was appreciated. However, there have always been gaps in turning policy into practices.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When I first saw this cabinet resolution sent to a public health office, it was on the 9<sup>th</sup> of May 2010 – which is almost one and a half month passed the starting date of April the 1<sup>st</sup>. At that stage, only a few knows about this cabinet resolution, and moreover, the public health officials were not clear about the procedure of how this could be done, which offices exactly could register the stateless population, and what are the difference among the various digits of identify numbers. There has not been any public campaign whether through leaflets or cutouts that target stateless population. It was only “rumors” spreading amongst the migrants that they have the right to register for healthcare service, but nothing else is known.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As LPN has provided education opportunity to more than one hundred migrant children by sending them to government schools, and these children possess identity numbers which begin with (6) (7) (0) and etc. depending on how their parents were categorized; LPN therefore facilitated the registration process for these students. Documents they needed to bring with them for the registration include Thor Ror 38 Kor ( </span><span lang="TH" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ทร</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.38 </span><span lang="TH" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ก</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">) and their identity card. On the first day, it takes almost the whole day for the officials to register around 10 children as they have had no clear instruction. They themselves were not sure if all the children brought by us were eligible for this right. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">LPN realised that time is short, therefore, to speed up the process, we coordinate with schools to gather the list of children with eligible identity numbers as specified in the cabinet resolution. After that the step of making copies of the Thor Ror 38 Kor for each individual child had faced problem. The officials refused to make copies of documents if the children were not presented (as we did not bring the children with us). We had to explain and refer to the cabinet resolution to persuade the officials.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I am sure that there are much more children who are eligible to register for healthcare service and their parents are not aware of this right. Although there have been migrant children went to claim this right, but, still, many of them fail to. This is due to various reasons; first of all, they do not know that this right was entitled. Secondly, many children do not have a permanent house registration, and this makes it not possible to identify the health unit where they should go for free service. With regards to permanent house registration, some parents made an effort to move children out of a central house registration, but fail to register them into a new house within 15 days. As a result, the children were removed from the house registration database and are not eligible for anything. To re-register them into the system is also challenging, as an official is needed to approve their status, and they are quite reluctant to do so for migrant children.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After my experience in this process, a suggestion occurred: If the Thai government wants to help this marginalised and underprivileged population in accessing the right to healthcare, a public campaign on this right should be developed and made it known among relevant governmental agencies including schools, village headmen as well as municipalities and district offices.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What had happened was that some target population came to know about registration for healthcare only when the deadline was closed. They then had to go through all troubles like being absent from work, hunting for their house registration documents which may take them to travel across provinces, not to mention costs that occurred from these efforts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Another point that I want to make with regards to this cabinet resolution is that if the intention of the Thai government is to grant the right to healthcare to the stateless population, it does not make any sense to limit the timeframe for granting it. The registration procedure is cumbersome and lengthy; therefore it should not become an obstacle for migrant population to access this right. There are more migrant children and the children of migrant workers who are still await to be granted the right to healthcare as similar to their classmates. And this should be our priority.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sompong Srakaew</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Translated by Chitraporn Vanaspong </span><br />
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</span></div>LPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-52381001731239686682011-10-06T01:11:00.000-07:002011-10-06T01:19:31.497-07:00A short documentary made for LPNA team of volunteers has made a short film to reflect their appreciation of LPN work for all migrants.<br />
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Part I: http://www.youtube.com/user/thaistylez#p/a/u/1/LqIHha14kSI<br />
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Part II: http://www.youtube.com/user/thaistylez#p/a/u/0/41H8RZ0t5LALPNFoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058220083470011575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489407547957670513.post-17470721474050201722011-10-05T19:50:00.000-07:002011-10-19T03:42:08.663-07:00The Situation of Migrant Workers, Child Migrants, and Dependants in Samut Sakhon Province (2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bW-In27RLke1Go5VeFYUCraGM57lICWIjnUBJncqTNAZ30VF9t6Glr18YkFT2ubiu_NmWJ_yP0_o2nYzRzqNILuDUl9DDqwZkrkZ8XxJbmT-xbOeIRlDPotUl9PglL6beYcfr-YFa88/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bW-In27RLke1Go5VeFYUCraGM57lICWIjnUBJncqTNAZ30VF9t6Glr18YkFT2ubiu_NmWJ_yP0_o2nYzRzqNILuDUl9DDqwZkrkZ8XxJbmT-xbOeIRlDPotUl9PglL6beYcfr-YFa88/s400/035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Samut Sakhon is the province where its Gross Domestic Production has reached the 6<sup>th</sup> rank of Thailand. It is also the province that houses a great number of migrant workers who work in the food export industries. Among these industries are seafood processing industry, and frozen seafood industry which have capacity to export their products and contribute to a huge sum of money from 90,000 to 100,000 million baht to the Country per year. Each year, the number of this business is increasing rapidly. From this phenomenon, it also implies that the demand for labours goes on exponentially.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Apparently, the problem of labour shortage is always expanding. This pull factor draws more migrant workers to migrate to Thailand continually by using service from brokers or agents from country of origin, country of transit, and country of destination. In response to the incident, the Government, by using the policy, encourages these irregular migrants who have employers to come to register for the work permit year by year.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN) has experienced working with migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province since 2004. We have analyzed the Thai labour policy since the past 3 to 4 years, and find that the State is making a great attempt to administer the issue of migrant workers from three nationalities; i.e. Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, by giving the priority to the security of the State. This attempt to reduce the number of labour migrants is somehow in contrast to another attempt of the State which is to boost up Country’s economic by encouraging new investment in Country which will subsequently turns to the cycle of labour shortage. In fact, migrant labour is considered as cost of production. According this approach, it seems that the Thai Government cannot do something to meet the need of business owners. Subsequently, business owners are imposed to use irregular migrants. As for these irregular migrants, some of them have to seek way to avoid an arrest from State authority; others have to bribe the State officer by paying monthly fee to be free from an arrest. In some case, they have to seek protection from some group of powerful people in order to stay and work in Thailand.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">In 2010, it was estimated that there were 120,000 documented migrants in Thailand. However, the number of migrants coming into the country could be much more, approximately 300,000 to 400,000.<br />
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On 26 April 2011, the Government; however, passed the cabinet resolution to solve the problem of migrant labour system integrally. According to this resolution, it takes an effect on three groups of migrants. First, children upper 15 years of age can register for work permit. Second, children and dependants of labour migrants can register at the registrar office of Ministry of Interior for the House Registration or Thor.Ror. 38/1 from 15 June to 14 July 2011 (1 Month).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After registration period, it shows that there were 79,215 migrants coming to register for the work permit: 70,508 Burmeses, 4,490 Laotians, and 4,217 Cambodians. Apart from this there were 1,328 young migrants whose age is lower than 15 coming to register for the Thor.Ror. 35/1 as well.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 72.0pt;">When we sum up the number of migrants coming since 2010, the total number of documented migrants who have work permit would be around 120,000. According to the cabinet resolution, these migrants have to do nationality verification in order to obtain temporary passport which allow them to stay and work in Thailand for 4 years. Thus, this implies that about 200,000 migrant labours are permitted to work in Samut Sakhon. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 72.0pt;">As can be seen, the numbers of migrant labours’ and their dependants are on the top of Country, and their man power helps promote economics in Thailand, particularly in seafood processing industrial area which makes more than 100,000 million baht each year in export product.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 72.0pt;">Hence, the most interesting issues regarding migrant workers which should be taken into account is to find the way to administer, control and protect migrant labours effectively by not violating human rights and labour rights. At the same time, there must be the way to prevent any threats and intimidations, the way to promote fundamental rights of children (especially in education, healthcare, and child protection), and the way to integrate these migrants to live in harmony in Thai society. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 72.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 72.0pt;">Sompong Srakaew</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 72.0pt;">Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN), 2011<br />
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