Thailand's economic growth continues. It makes the demand for illegal immigrants are increased. Especially, workers in agriculture and lower levels. The amount of working age in the country dropped significantly and a more self-reliant. Including, The birth rate decreased. These things make the labor shortage in Thailand.
Thailand has more than 500,000 illegal immigrant. Most of the immigrants from Myanmar are unskilled construction workers, who are hired because they are willing to accept low wages. The Cambodians generally work in rice paddies, and the Laotians find domestic and factory work. There are also immigrants from the Indian sub-continent and Middle East who enter Thailand legally, and then overstay their visas