59 A Thai worker packages cabbages during harvest at a farm near Mokpo, South Korea on Nov 18, 2020. (AFP file photo)
BANGKOK/SEOUL: The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as little ghosts .
At least 522 Thais have died in South Korea since 2015 – 84% of whom were undocumented – according to data from the Thai embassy in Seoul obtained via a freedom of information (FOI) request.
Four in 10 deaths were recorded as due to unknown causes while others were health-related, accidents and suicides.
Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020 10:58 AM MYT
The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers have been uncovered in South Korea, prompting the UN to call for an inquiry. Reuters pic
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BANGKOK, Dec 22 The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as “little ghosts.”
At least 522 Thais have died in South Korea since 2015 84 per cent of whom were undocumented found data from the Thai embassy in Seoul obtained via a freedom of information (FOI) request.
Dec 22, 2020
BANGKOK/SEOUL – The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as “little ghosts.”
At least 522 Thais have died in South Korea since 2015 84% of whom were undocumented according to data from the Thai Embassy in Seoul obtained via a freedom of information request.
Four in 10 deaths were recorded as due to unknown causes while others were health related, accidents and suicides.
The number of worker deaths hit a record annual high this year 122 as of mid-December according to the newly-revealed data from the Thai Embassy, amid growing concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on labor conditions.
The Straits Times
PublishedDec 23, 2020, 5:00 am SGT
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BANGKOK/SEOUL • The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as little ghosts .
EXCLUSIVE-Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in South Korea with numbers rising Reuters 12/22/2020
By Nanchanok Wongsamuth and Grace Moon
BANGKOK/SEOUL, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as little ghosts .
At least 522 Thais have died in South Korea since 2015 - 84% of whom were undocumented - found data from the Thai embassy in Seoul obtained via a freedom of information (FOI) request.
Four in 10 deaths were recorded as due to unknown causes while others were health related, accidents and suicides.