60k workers in S Korea await new passports

After discovering that more than 60 000 people were awaiting new documents, the House’s foreign affairs committee has asked the Foreign Ministry to speed up the process for renewing Thai personnel ‘ documents in South Korea.

Noppadon Pattama, the committee’s president, stated that the panel had received complaints from Thai employees about delays in renewing passports and had requested clarification from the Department of Consular Affairs. The commission asked the department to temporarily consider employing more staff and equipment to quicken leases for workers who needed their documents for identifying when contacting officials or making transactions, he said.

The commission also requested from the Department of Labour and the Department of South Asian, Middle Eastern, and African Affairs to provide an update on the Thai labor force’s position in Israel and their living conditions it. He added that after learning that murder had erupted near the Israel-Lebanon border, it asked both organizations to look into enhancing security for Thai workers.

Additionally, it was suggested that the Labour Ministry look into looking into charter flights to take Thai workers who could n’t travel to Israel for work because there were n’t enough flights. Based on information from the Department of Labour, there are now 3, 000 jobs in Israel’s protected areas, but there is a lack of flights to move people it.

In the meantime, the Senate labor committee made a week-long visit to the families of Buri Ram residents who had been impacted by the Hamas-Israel issue.

When the fight first broke out in Israel in the first week of October, 189 Buri Ram employees were employed. Three were killed, and three were taken hostage by Hamas extremists.