Mishaps result in woeful year for migrants: activistListen to this articleThe migrant labour situation in 2025 was described as "a year of management failure", with constant ministerial changes, weak policy direction and persistent structural flaws leaving millions of migrants vulnerable to crises, says the Migrant Working Group (MWG). Documentation inconsistencies between workers, real employers and brokers block access to compensation, she said, adding the Labour Ministry has shown little effort to reform the system. She urged the government to modernise migrant employment procedures, improve data transparency, ensure flexibility -- particularly scrapping the rigid "one employer–one worker" model that fails seasonal industries -- and counter social media misinformation that fuels public hostility. With the election expected on Feb 8, she also urged the Election Commission to monitor parties exploiting migrant issues for populist attacks. Meanwhile, Worachai Snansuk of the Raks Thai Foundation highlighted the human cost exposed by the SAO building collapse, which killed 95 people, many of them migrant workers, and left a lot of families facing debt, trauma, insecure legal status and gaps in compensation.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2026 00:15 UTC