At that factory, workers who had arrived through the bilateral agreement between
Myanmar and Thailand reported they had to pay THB 10 000, equivalent to about
€260, as an arrival fee for documents processing and recruitment. The debt was
deducted over five months, at THB 2 000 per month. Those costs were added to
expensive recruitment fees that had already put the workers in severe debt bondage.
The workers were unclear whether their documents would be returned after the debt
was paid. In its response the management of Saha Farms/Golden Line states that an agency has been hired for the recruitment services, and that the company itself does
not deduct such fees from the workers.