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The Nation - Oct 29, 1999.
Local & Politics
Bosses seek reprieve on Burmese workers

TAK -- Provincial authorities said yesterday the central government should
either supply employers here who employ Burmese illegal immigrants with Thai
replacements or extend a three-month grace period allowing the employers to
retain them.

Reports said Rangoon had strengthened its 2,400-kilometre border with
Thailand with new reinforcements stopping a return of its illegal
immigrants.

Tak Governor Nirat Watchanaphum said yesterday that more than 80,000 Burmese
illegal workers due for deportation on Nov 3 -- the end of the extended
period of grace permitting them to stay in the Kingdom as illegal
immigrants -- will become charges of the government.

The government will have to pay Bt4 million a day for meals for these
Burmese awaiting deportation.

Tak Chamber of Commerce president Panithi Tangphati said yesterday the
manufacturing industry made a formal request to the government 10 years ago,
seeking it limit the employment of illegal aliens to border provinces only.

However, the government has allowed illegal aliens to do jobs in every
province in the country.

The Nation