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Unemployed or unregistered labourers within the legal filing period (June 2017June 2018(;
Children born and grown up in the country of destination (e.g. Thailand) whose
parents migrated for a long time do not return to their hometown (source country).
They do not receive education, identity and citizenship certification and official
letters for legal employment in the country of destination;
Those who are elderly, incapable of working, disabled, or chronically or
psychologically ill will be sent back one after the other; and
The Royal Government has been looking into these issues:
The Royal Government of Cambodia has strengthened the cooperation with the Royal
Government of Thailand (in particular the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) in order to share
responsibility, jointly addressing issues between the sending and receiving countries;
The Royal Government of Cambodia has been discussing, exchanging ideas between the
three sending countries: Cambodia, Laos, Burma, in order to identify common issues as a
priority and common possible solutions, which can be done collaboratively and the three
countries request to cooperate with the country of destination for improving the situation;
The Royal Government of Cambodia has set up a labour centre for workers who are sent back
by foreign authorities along the Cambodian-Thai border (from Poipet International
Checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province to the Doung International Checkpoint in
Battambang province);
The Royal Government of Cambodia has been developing a migrant worker monitoring
database (General Department of Immigration, General Commissariat of National Police,
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation, and the National Committee for Counter Trafficking...);
The Royal Government of Cambodia has been monitoring the labour
situation in the country of destination, including employment requirements,
living conditions, legal status and challenges of the labourers in the country
of destination.
(Visiting and helping victims...)
The Ministry of Health: agreed without revision.
The Ministry of Planning: agreed without revision.
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee: agreed without revision.
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs:
Paragraph 21 (page 9)
The report should provide concrete evidences so appropriate measures can be taken in
response to the mistreatment.
According to the Constitution of Cambodia Article 46, A woman shall not lose her job
because of pregnancy. Woman shall have the right to take maternity leave with full pay and
with no loss of seniority or other social benefits.
Article 182 of Labour law also states that women shall be entitled to a maternity leave of
ninety days. After the maternity leave and during the first two months after returning to work,
they are only expected to perform light work. The employer is prohibited from laying off
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