Nine out of 10 Thai nationals living in Los Angeles work there illegally or secure jobs without going through proper formalities, a senior Employment Department official said yesterday.



Overseas Employment Administration director Suphat Kukhun warned those looking to work in the United States to follow job-placement requirements and to not work in the US illegally.

He said the number of people duped by dishonest job-placement companies had fallen since a department campaign against illicit practices. The department offered training for labourers seeking overseas employment.

Meanwhile, Labour Ministry permanent secretary Juthathawat Inthrasuksri said the ministry would repatriate 48 Thai nationals who last week were awarded US$1 million (Bt35.5 million) in compensation.

A steel company implicated in a slave-labour scandal had forced Thai welders to work in squalid conditions without pay.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ordered Trans Bay Steel to pay the compensation. The welders had been in the US since 2002. the nation




Of course the best way to deal with illegal workers is the Thai way, yep lock the cnuts up till they goto court and pay the fine, then lock the cnuts up again till they can pay for their flight back to thailand, and yes the police here do charge you for taking you to the airport in your handcuffs.....