20K Jobs Await Returning Migrants
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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3581 / 4000 RIEL JICA ASSISTS WITH gov’t IMPORT BANS UK HELPS RAISE $1B LOGISTICS ACROSS SET TO SHORE UP IN GLOBAL COVID-19 THAI, VN BORDERS LOcaL AQUACULTURE VACCINE DONATIONS NATIONAL – pagE 4 BUSINESS – pagE 6 WORLD – pagE 8 20K jobs await returning migrants Mom Kunthear tors including manufacturing, ser- group across the capital and provinces NEA director Hay Hunleng told workers in order for them to recon- vice, construction and agriculture. tasked with registering and regularly The Post on January 10 that arrang- nect with society, their families and HE Ministry of Labour and The NEA will seek to implement monitoring the living situations of mi- ing jobs for these workers was a the job market. These measures by Vocational Training has measures introduced by Prime Min- grants who have returned from Thai- matter of moral prerogative which the government provide encourage- announced that it will pro- ister Hun Sen to create local employ- land through border checkpoints. required creating conditions that ment and social protection, allow- vide 20,000 jobs in the ment opportunities for returning Officials must collect individu- enable them to re-enter the job mar- ing them to start life again in the domesticT market to migrant workers workers to ease their transitions in als’ personal information and assist ket. Securing domestic jobs would Cambodian job market,” he said. who have returned from Thailand. coming home, allowing them to re- them with registering in the agency’s help them successfully transition Hunleng added that the NEA wel- The ministry’s National Employ- unite with their families and avoiding database so that they can seek do- upon return to their homes. comed the returning nationals and ment Agency (NEA) will facilitate job a need to migrate again for work. mestic employment after completing “Employment is an important, placement in various industrial sec- The agency has formed a working the mandatory 14-day quarantine. practical need for these migrant CONTINUED – pagE 2 Kingdom sizes up 50 items for FTA approach Thou Vireak the CCFTA,” Sovicheat said. He stressed the untapped CAMBODIA is gauging about potential of Cambodian goods 50 commodities around on the international market, which to craft a strategic highlighting footwear, cloth- approach on free trade agree- ing and travel products. ments (FTAs) and make the With exports accounting for most of bilateral deals with a substantial source of income, major trading partners, he said the government con- according to Ministry of tinues to push outbound ship- Commerce undersecretary of ments of domestic products. state Pen Sovicheat. He voiced hopes that the Sovicheat on January 8 study would materialise and chaired a meeting on develop- be completed soon. ing the Kingdom’s trade strat- “Other commodities in the egy to maximise the potential small and medium enterprise benefits of the Cambodia- industry, as well as industrial China Free Trade Agreement products in special economic (CCFTA) and similar pacts zones, such as auto parts and with other trade partners. electronic components, are He told The Post on January on the list of products that we 10 that a working group had are studying as a commercial Fatal landslides been tasked with drafting a strategy,” Sovicheat said. At least 11 people were killed, including a six-year-old boy, and scores more were missing after deadly landslides hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday evening. INDONESIAN NATIONAL BOARD FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT (BNPB)/AFP matrix of 50 items to dissect the Cambodia and China technical and tariff barriers and signed a bilateral free trade preferential tariffs resulting agreement on October 12, from the CCFTA as a model to 2020, which will allow the study for future trade deals. Kingdom to export some The ministerial team has also goods to China with a zero Remains found after Indonesia plane crash been sizing up the Chinese per cent tariff rate. market to determine what Chinese ambassador to DIVERS pulled body parts, no-Hatta international airport in was from the downed plane’s The search and rescue agen- products it can absorb and Cambodia Wang Wentian wreckage and clothing from Jakarta on January 9 afternoon. voice and flight data recorder. cy said it had so far collected what global market demand congratulated the Chinese waters off Indonesia’s capital A military vessel picked up Indonesian President Joko five body bags with human remains unfulfilled, he said. side on the occasion of the Jakarta on January 10, as the the plane’s signal, and divers “Jokowi” Widodo expressed his remains as well as debris from “We have major agricultural New Year, saying it will speed military picked up a signal recovered wreckage from “deep condolences”, and called the crash site. commodities, including veg- up its inspection process, from the wreckage of a pas- around 23m below the water’s on citizens to “pray together so A child’s pink clothing, a bro- etables, fruits, grains, live ani- ensuring that the CCFTA senger jet that crashed with 62 surface, the transport ministry that victims can be found”. ken tyre and wheel, life jackets mals, meat, et cetera, which quickly enters into force. people on board. said on January 10, citing But the frantic search involv- and wreckage from the plane are our targets for export to the He said the Chinese side The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737- Indonesia’s military chief Hadi ing helicopters and a flotilla of were found, according to Chinese market, as these prod- 500 went into a steep dive about Tjahjanto. warships appeared to offer no ucts are taxed at zero through CONTINUED – pagE 6 four minutes after it left Soekar- It did not specify if the signal hope of finding any survivors. CONTINUED – pagE 9 THE PHNOM PENH POST Gov’t sends funding, supplies to National provinces for returning migrants Inside page 3 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST januarY 11, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Thirteen job centres set for returning migrants Continued from page 1 for them? People all over lack jobs because labour contracts would be prepared to intro- have been suspended.” duce them to job opportuni- He pointed to factory and ties upon their completion of construction workers who quarantine in accordance with were left jobless after the out- rules established by the Min- break of Covid-19 and won- istry of Health. dered how the labour ministry Centre for Alliance of La- would fulfil such an ambitious bour and Human Rights pro- commitment. If so many jobs gramme manager Khun Tharo could really be arranged, how- said that in the current con- ever, he hoped that people text of the pandemic, securing would not feel compelled to work was a priority for affected return to work in Thailand. people in all countries, regard- The NEA’s announcement less of whether or not they claimed that jobs for returning were migrant workers. There workers were available across have also been pervasive job many industries, and agency losses across the tourism and officials were coordinating service sectors, among other with authorities at all local lev- impacted industries, he said. els to collate and analyse data Protesters gather to demand the release of activists in front of of the Appeal Court in August last year. HEAN RANGSEY “It’s important to ensure that on returning migrants in order jobs are sustainable over a long to more easily facilitate con- term and provide solid insur- necting them with appropri- ance of social protection. Good ate work in a timely manner. labour conditions can raise Agents must reach out to UN expresses concerns over their livelihoods properly with labourers at each quarantine decent wages,” Tharo said. centre to coordinate with He added that programmes them about available employ- to develop soft skills and pro- ment opportunities. They are detention of rights activists fessional vocational skills also tasked with organising should respond to needs in the employers and investors to Niem Chheng appear to have been charged in Khmer Thavrak; and members investigations by the police. domestic market in order to en- create sufficient positions to relation to the exercise of their of the Khmer Student Intelligence He cautioned that the people sure effective job placements. provide full employment for IX UN human rights rights to freedom of expression League Association (KSILA). named in the letter were not Social assistance should also be those who need it. experts have requested and freedom of peaceful as- The letter also mentioned defenders of human rights and provided for workers in training The NEA noted that if any mi- that the Ministry of sembly and association. purported threats against freedoms because their activities in order to enable full participa- grant workers are not informed Foreign Affairs and In- The UN experts also express trade union leaders made were not permitted by the law. tion, especially among youths. of job opportunities by mem- Sternational Cooperation clari- concern regarding the crimi- in response to their protest “All activities [undertaken National Trade Union Co- bers of the working group, they fy the details surrounding the nalisation of the basic means over factory closures without by the accused] were pro- alition president Far Saly ap- can communicate directly with arrest, detention, “intimida- by which human rights de- any severance pay to work- scribed by law as offences and plauded initiatives to secure any of 13 job centres established tion, surveillance, threats and fenders carry out their work ers; threats made against the the police had a solid basis in work for those who had lost in Phnom Penh or the provinc- excessive use of force” against as this totally inhibits their union representing employ- evidence to initiate judicial their jobs in Thailand.