By Han Thar Hein - May 20, 2024

According to the licensed agency community, online recruitment is on the rise and advertised transparently by those who send the workers illegally after the restriction of men's permission to work abroad from the age of 23 to 31.

They said that there are more and more advertisements on online pages of people who are smuggled to the other country by various methods including by applying visit visas to many foreign countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, and Korea.

"Since before, there have been fake pages and fake accounts and advertisements calling for jobs online. But lately, we have seen many people filming videos of how they deliver, interviewing the people who they sent, and uploading those videos. We have seen more advertisements to make people believe that they are sending through illegal ways securely," said a person close to the agency community.

It is said that some people who want to work abroad have been scammed by these advertisements.

"I found that they advertised for people who want to work in Thailand, so I called them and checked. They said that there are men from 23 to 31 can also go even without their passports. They said that if there are different price just to arrive or helped get a job. They said that I have to pay a deposit first. I didn't like what they said, so I didn't continue,” said a person who inquired to go work abroad.

Currently, there are many people being arrested for entering to foreign countries illegally, and illegal workers are being arrested almost every day in Thailand, Malaysia, and China.

Photo: Arrested illegal workers in Thailand.