As the first batch, about 250 MoU workers were sent to Thailand by air, according to the Myanmar Labour Attache Office in Thailand.
Myanmar agencies- Hein Myint Myat Company Limited, Human Wave Company Limited, Moon Bean Services Company Limited, Yun Nadi Oo Company Limited, Htoo Thit Zae Company Limited, An Emissary for Myanmar Employer Agency Company Limited and Pwint Phoo Aung Company Limited provided the first batch sending of new Myanmar MoU workers by air.
In this batch, 116 male workers and 130 female workers, totalling 246, were included, and they arrived at Don Mueang Airport from Yangon Airport by MAI and Air Asia Airlines.
Myanmar labour attaché and director U Myo Min Aung, Don Meaung Airport officials, the deputy director-general from Thailand Department of Employment (DoE), Thailand agency and Myanmar agency welcomed the workers and provided health tests, visa and work permit service and education about their workplaces, the labour attaché office said in a statement.
In the past, Myanmar workers were despatched to Thailand through the Yangon-Myawady route and Yangon-Kawthoung-Ranong route, which made them tired, and because of it, officials of the two countries made an agreement on using air travel through negotiations, said an official from MOEAF.
“Air travel is used for despatch of workers to other countries, except Thailand. So, sending them through border routes exhausted them because, geographically, the land is quite wide. For example, it takes overnight to go to Yangon from Rakhine, overnight again from Yangon to Myawady, and from there, it takes overnight again to go to Mae Sot, so they have to spend three nights along the journey. But they can arrive within a short time by plane, and the tiresome journey will be eased. For it, the two countries had negotiations and now reached agreement,” he said. — MT/ZS/ED
