Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order --- No. 77/2557 Subject: Establishment of additional One Stop Service Centers for the Registration of Migrant Workers and Measures for orderly management of migrant workers working on fishing vessels in provinces bordering the sea

Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order — No. 77/2557 Subject: Establishment of additional One Stop Service Centers for the Registration of Migrant Workers and Measures for orderly management of migrant workers working on fishing vessels in provinces bordering the sea

Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order

No. 77/2557

Subject: Establishment of additional One Stop Service Centers for the Registration of Migrant Workers and Measures for orderly management of migrant workers working on fishing vessels in provinces bordering the sea

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Whereas clause 4 of the Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order No. 70/2557 on Subject: Interim Measures in solving the problem of migrant workers and human trafficking dated 25 June B.E. 2557 (2014), has provided that a One Stop Service Center for the Registration of Migrant Workers (hereinafter “One Stop Service”) shall be established in every province and that the establishment and the commencement of their operations shall be in accordance with further announcements from the National Council for Peace and Order (hereinafter “NCPO”), and in order to provide for an orderly management of migrant workers working on fishing vessels in provinces bordering the sea, the NCPO hereby announces as follows.

1. Additional One Stop Service centers shall be set up pursuant to clause 4 of the Announcement of the National Council for Peace and Order No. 70/2557 on Subject: Interim Measures in solving the problem of migrant workers and human trafficking, dated 25 June B.E. 2557 (2014), in each of the seven provinces of Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Rayong, Songkhla, Samut Prakan, and Surat Thani, all of which shall commence operations from 7 July B.E. 2557 (2014) onwards.

2. Employers of migrant workers working on fishing vessels to catch marine life shall compile a roster detailing the names, nationalities, and numbers of the said migrant workers and notify the said details to the respective Provincial Employment Office wherein their vessels are registered, in the following 22 provinces with areas bordering the sea: Krabi, Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Trat, Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Narathiwat, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Pattani, Phangnga, Phetchaburi, Phuket, Ranong, Rayong, Songkhla, Satun, Samut Prakan, Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon, and Surat Thani. This shall be completed by 21 July B.E. 2557(2014).

The execution pursuant to paragraph one shall be carried out in accordance with the rules and procedures as prescribed by the relevant announcements of the Ministry of Labour.

This Announcement shall take effect immediately.

Announced on 3 July B.E. 2557 (2014).

General Prayut Chan-o-cha

Head of the National Council for Peace and Order