"Migrant workers in limbo can stay until November", 17 April 2020

Migrant workers from neighbouring countries will be allowed to overstay and work in Thailand until November due to Covid-19 restrictions, the government said.

Suchat Pornchaiwiseskul, director-general of the Department of Employment, said the cabinet … decided that labourers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar who are already legally working in Thailand, but are in limbo, can overstay and work until November.

Mr Suchat said the workers can stay until Nov 30 without being fined for overstaying as the department abruptly halted services and applications on March 31.