การศึกษา กระบวนการลักลอบหลบหนีเข้าเมืองของแรงงานต่างด้าวสัญชาติพม่า ในจังหวัดตาก THE PROCESS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OF BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS IN TAK PROVINCE

Abstract

Abstract

          The objectives of this study were to 1) study the context of illegal migration of Burmese migrant workers in Tak Province, and 2) investigate the process of illegal migration of Burmese migrant workers in Tak Province. This study was qualitative research approach. Data were collected from 40 key informants, consisting of 20 government officials and local leaders, and 20 Burmese migrant workers who had previously entered Thailand irregularly for employment. The instruments for data collection methods included in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Data were analyzed and categorized using content analysis.

          The study findings were as follows: 1) The migration environment of Burmese foreign workers in Tak Province found that Tak Province has a diverse nature of borders, such as rivers, forests, and border communities, creating migration channels in many districts, especially areas adjacent to Myeongda, economically and socially. Myanmar's workforce is able to adapt well to the community due to its ethnic proximity and border lifestyles. It is also a major force in the agricultural and small-scale industries, while the legal system is constrained, such as delayed documentation procedures, high costs and lack of documentation of origin, resulting in incentives to evade the city. Consisting of border security and cooperation constraints, making it uncontrollable throughout, and 2) the process of immigration evasion of Burmese foreign workers in Tak Province is a systematically managed, networked process divided into three phases: the origin phase, the worker's decision to travel and contact the brokerage network. With the payment of the service, the middle distance is an evasion through natural channels, with several forms of guidance and transportation to avoid arrest, and the destination distance, the labor is forwarded to the employer, some rubbed.