March 11, 2017
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Myanmar embassy in Thailand has announced Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand
avoiding Brokers for CI process and make CI by oneself.
On March 10th, Myanmar Embassy also notified migrant
workers to insist for border pass documents at relevant labor office when
workers have to pass restricted area while making CI.
Moreover, Myanmar Embassy encouraged workers to complain
relevant CI officers if workers have to pay extra money.
“The main point is not to
make CI with brokers. Brokers will ask more money and the problems will exist.
So, we complain police to arrest brokers if brokers are terrible.” Said U Moe
Aung Khaing, workers affair embosser.
He added workers who got CI go to stamp visa at relevant immigration
office.
“I want to say pink card
holders not to worry. We will make all of them to get CI” said U Moe Aung
Khaing.
“Workers worry that they
will not get CI until water festival” said Ko Saw Maung, workers activists.
In
Thailand, pink card holders are made CI for Myanmar migrant workers with
Thailand-Myanmar’s agreement since March 3rd.
Myanmar
migrant workers said 800,000 pink card holders, 1,500,000 aged four and six years
passport holders and about Myanmar migrant workers 2.5 million’s cards are
about expired. Now, CI has two years visa and CI card holders can go through the
whole Thailand and Myanmar. In CI process, national ID and family census are
not needed to show according to Ministry of Workers Department’s announcement.
Maesot, Maesai, Ya Naung, and Samutparkan have one camp in each
for making CI and Mahachi has two camps so that there are six camps.
Translated
from 7 Day Daily
