Fearing Thailand's New Restrictions, Tens Of Thousands Of Migrant Workers Flee
New labor regulations, in which workers without proper documents face prison time, prompted the sudden exodus. It could cause a labor shortage. The government put the law on hold for 120 days.
Tens of thousands of migrant workers have fled Thailand in the past week, fearing new labor regulations that the government announced last month.
"It's mainly workers from neighboring Myanmar and Cambodia," reporter Michael Sullivan tells our Newscast unit. "Millions are working in jobs such as construction
