Illegal migration of unskilled labour from bordering countries into Thailand is
currently an important topic of great concern in Thailand. Despite the government efforts to
reduce the number of illegal labour migrants during the past five years by preventing new
entrants, regularizing those already employed and in need by employers as well as
arresting and repatriating violators of the law, the number of illegal labour migrants in
Thailand has not much declined and is still very high at an estimate of at least one million
persons.