Circular Labour Migration
The last pattern of labour migration that migrant workers in this area are involved in is circular labour
migration. The time when they go to work in Malaysia is not governed by agricultural seasons and the work
that they engage in is not in the agricultural sector. This group of migrant workers mainly works in the service
sector in food shops, restaurants or hotels in jobs such as cooks or waitresses, in the industrial sector, as well as
in similar kinds of occupations as commuting migrant workers. Instead of going and coming back daily, they
stay in Malaysia for one month or up to a year to work and their work places are not only near the border areas
but also in other places such as Langkawi Island, Penang, Pahang, or as far away as Johore.
Circular migrant workers will go back and forth between Thailand and Malaysia while they are working.
In the case of workers who use a border pass to travel, they have to come back to get a stamp at Immigration
every month and obtain a new one after they have used it for three months. Thus workers can come to visit or
bring some money back to other members of their family who remain in Thailand. Circular migrant workers
mainly go to work in Malaysia as individual migrants but some travel with family. They may have a passport or
a border pass for traveling into Malaysia, but the majority of them work without a work permit or work contract.
They will work for a certain time but do not set limits on the period of employment. The time they spend in
Malaysia depends on the migrant workers themselves. If they are not satisfied with their employment, they
either go back to Thailand or look for new employment.
Circular Labour Migration
The last pattern of labour migration that migrant workers in this area are involved in is circular labour
migration. The time when they go to work in Malaysia is not governed by agricultural seasons and the work
that they engage in is not in the agricultural sector. This group of migrant workers mainly works in the service
sector in food shops, restaurants or hotels in jobs such as cooks or waitresses, in the industrial sector, as well as
in similar kinds of occupations as commuting migrant workers. Instead of going and coming back daily, they
stay in Malaysia for one month or up to a year to work and their work places are not only near the border areas
but also in other places such as Langkawi Island, Penang, Pahang, or as far away as Johore.
Circular migrant workers will go back and forth between Thailand and Malaysia while they are working.
In the case of workers who use a border pass to travel, they have to come back to get a stamp at Immigration
every month and obtain a new one after they have used it for three months. Thus workers can come to visit or
bring some money back to other members of their family who remain in Thailand. Circular migrant workers
mainly go to work in Malaysia as individual migrants but some travel with family. They may have a passport or
a border pass for traveling into Malaysia, but the majority of them work without a work permit or work contract.
They will work for a certain time but do not set limits on the period of employment. The time they spend in
Malaysia depends on the migrant workers themselves. If they are not satisfied with their employment, they
either go back to Thailand or look for new employment.
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