The Road to Mandalay
The Road to Mandalay, which I have watched in ASEAN Love Film Screening Activity, is the film co-produced by Myanmar and Taiwan directors. This film reflects Myanmar labours’ life in the Thai society. Thailand is the popular destination for illegal Chinese-Burmese immigrants who want to get a better life. The majority of the movie is devoted to their intertwined lives in Thailand. Even without the romance, the movie reflects the migrant experience well by touching on many issues, such as the lack of work permits, prostitution, corrupt officials, mistreatment of workers, drug uses, and so on.
The movie starts with Myanmar labours crossing the border from their home country to northern Thailand by a small boat in river, …show more content…
If they do not have work permits, most employers do not accept them to work. Myanmar and Thai ministers had an agreement to allow workers to work legally in the neighbouring countries. Thailand proposes the law on human trafficking raised by the international community to resolve the growing problem of undocumented migrating. It caused the emigration approximately 60,000 workers - many from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia feel fear of being arrested. Officially effective on June 23, the regulations impose the heavy fines for workers both from foreign and Thai workers who lack the work permission (Radio, …show more content…
The country image will be damaged by transnational human trafficking. Most of the immigrants come from families which lack money, and they hope to receive a lot of income in Bangkok and its peripheral provinces. However, some job agencies require unreasonable cost from them. It is possible that some employers might want to skip the legal procedure to recruit foreigners quickly. In fact, they need to think carefully whether they risk being arrested for paying bribery to corrupt officers. Actually, these charges are not required, and it is better for the employers to follow in the rules. Employment of people is arranged based on the message of understanding between Thailand and each of its neighboring countries. Their business will benefit from assistance to foreigners. Two-year work period can be renewed for another two years. The government has never needed to shutdown the employment of migrant workers. They just need to follow the law, not only to facilitate acceptance of zero illegal employment practices but it will also lead to little or no space for human trafficking (770,000. Force
The Road to Mandalay, which I have watched in ASEAN Love Film Screening Activity, is the film co-produced by Myanmar and Taiwan directors. This film reflects Myanmar labours’ life in the Thai society. Thailand is the popular destination for illegal Chinese-Burmese immigrants who want to get a better life. The majority of the movie is devoted to their intertwined lives in Thailand. Even without the romance, the movie reflects the migrant experience well by touching on many issues, such as the lack of work permits, prostitution, corrupt officials, mistreatment of workers, drug uses, and so on.
The movie starts with Myanmar labours crossing the border from their home country to northern Thailand by a small boat in river, …show more content…
If they do not have work permits, most employers do not accept them to work. Myanmar and Thai ministers had an agreement to allow workers to work legally in the neighbouring countries. Thailand proposes the law on human trafficking raised by the international community to resolve the growing problem of undocumented migrating. It caused the emigration approximately 60,000 workers - many from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia feel fear of being arrested. Officially effective on June 23, the regulations impose the heavy fines for workers both from foreign and Thai workers who lack the work permission (Radio, …show more content…
The country image will be damaged by transnational human trafficking. Most of the immigrants come from families which lack money, and they hope to receive a lot of income in Bangkok and its peripheral provinces. However, some job agencies require unreasonable cost from them. It is possible that some employers might want to skip the legal procedure to recruit foreigners quickly. In fact, they need to think carefully whether they risk being arrested for paying bribery to corrupt officers. Actually, these charges are not required, and it is better for the employers to follow in the rules. Employment of people is arranged based on the message of understanding between Thailand and each of its neighboring countries. Their business will benefit from assistance to foreigners. Two-year work period can be renewed for another two years. The government has never needed to shutdown the employment of migrant workers. They just need to follow the law, not only to facilitate acceptance of zero illegal employment practices but it will also lead to little or no space for human trafficking (770,000. Force