Myanmar hopes for verification delay
- Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Myanmar is confident the Thai government will allow more time for documenting an estimated one million migrant workers if the nationality verification process can't be finished by the March 16 deadline.
Myanmar's Deputy Labour Minister Myint Thein made the comments yesterday during a visit to Bangkok to assess progress in the verification programme.
He also requested that Thai authorities ensure the cost of completing the verification process is not too high.
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