While some 600,000 Thais remain unemployed, the government has approved a plan to bring in about 170,000 additional migrant workers as requested by businesses yearning for manpower as they resume operations.
Some have asked why not see whether these unemployed Thais could fill the vacancies first before importing more migrant workers, while others see such a suggestion as unrealistic, claiming that Thais aren't looking for menial work.
Yongyuth Chalamwong, director for labour research at the Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation (TDRI), said he believes about 600,000 Thai job seekers would fill the vacancies.
