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There has been a lot of talk recently about work authorization for folks in Thailand, especially foreign nationals. We have discussed this in the context of Work Permits generally, the creation of the Destination Thailand Visa, also how work authorization rules interact with the Thai Retirement Visa; there are a lot of things going on with respect to that. 

But one thing I am really concerned about, and I have discussed this in other videos, one, foreigners across the board seem to relish disregarding our restricted occupations here in Thailand. For those who are unaware, Thai Labour Law stipulates certain occupations that are reserved for Thais. Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of foreigners just think it is okay to disregard those things. Now that said, if they are caught doing it as we discussed in other videos, they can be arrested, fined, possibly deported, possibly blacklisted depending on the circumstances. That said, I have real questions regarding the "opposition" in the Thai Parliament and why they seem to think that foreign labour is something to concentrate on. Meanwhile I think that we need to be concentrated on protecting Thai labour. What am I talking about here?

I thought of making this video after reading a recent article from the Bangkok Post, bangkokpost.com, the article is titled: Thailand's Labour Ministry denies foreigner visa fee claims.  I urge those who are watching this video, go check out that article in detail; it goes into some detail about migrant labour and how people have to pay money to get work authorized. Well first of all yeah, they do have to pay money to get work authorized here. If you're not a Thai, you don't have the inherent right to work here. I don't know why that one's hard to understand. That said, quoting directly: "The Labour Ministry on Sunday dismissed claims that foreign migrant workers who came under a labour cooperation agreement between Thailand and its neighbours need to pay up to B20,000 to have their Work Permits renewed." Quoting further: "The claims are made by opposition MPs during a recent meeting in Parliament called to discuss the problems faced by migrant workers in the country."

My question is why don't you worry about Thai workers in the country, okay? I do get, I'm not being completely xenophobic here, and I'm not trying to be mean to people that need to travel in order to work, that's not my point. But again, it's in line with this vein of “globalist” thinking that seems to be being imposed upon Thailand that we need for some reason to care more about folks that aren't Thai and people that are from outside of Thailand, than we need to care about Thailand. Thai labour needs to be protected; I would feel much better if the opposition was looking into "hey is the Government making sure to enforce restricted occupations?"; "Hey is the Government making sure that foreigners who come in here do in fact get Work Permits if and when it's necessary?" That's what the legislature should be concerned about in my opinion. Yes, there should be concern for basic human rights, I'm not talking about that. But why is there so much concern among the opposition for folks who are not Thai? I mean what does that have to do with your constituency? Why don't you worry about the folks here in Thailand and how they have to compete in the labour market of the world and how under the current circumstances, it seems like there are tons of people flooding into Thailand for economic opportunities because quite frankly due to idiocy on the part of policy makers outside of Thailand, their economies, especially in the West are going into the dumps, and people are looking for an alternative. That is what I think Parliament should be concerned about and making policies to protect Thais and protect the Thai labour market under these prevailing circumstances.