MUSE----A ceremony to make over 253 Myanmar migrant workers from Thailand was held at Myanmar-Thai No.2 Friendship Bridge in Tarchileik, eastern Shan State, on August 29th.
The officials from Tarchileik District level Administrative Council received the returnee Myanmar migrants.
Later, the Health Department carried out medical checkups to those returnees. Among the returnees, six workers had been tested of Covid-19 positive and they were sent to Wunlone Positive Center.
As being of August 29th, totaling 594 Myanmar migrant workers were handed over from Thailand, according to Tarchileik District Administrative Department.
Likewise, Myanmar migrant workers in Mae Sot, Thailand, are to contact the labour attaché of the Myanmar embassy if they are willing to return to their motherland.
Moe Gyo, Chairman of Joint Action Committee for Burmese Affairs (JACBA) based in Mae Sot, said despite a red level Covid lockdown in Tak Province including Mae Sot, workers holding a border pass to work (paragraph 64) have been allowed to return to Myanmar with an endorsement from the labour attaché since August 29.
A total of 203 Myanmar migrant workers (114 men and 89 women) re-entered the country on August 29.
Myanmar authorities started accepting migrant workers at Mae Sot-Myawady Friendship Bridge No.2 every two days since August 1. Till August 29, 3,029 Myanmar migrant workers had re-entered the country.
