Thailand-Cambodia clashes shake two labor markets
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT and ANANTH BALIGA
BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Tens of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned home from Thailand in the past eight days as border clashes escalated, triggering fears among officials of an economic hit for both countries -- in Thailand as a result of a labor shortage and in Cambodia from rising unemployment.
Estimates of how many Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand returned home over the past week vary widely. The Thai Labor Ministry said around 20,000 workers had returned to Cambodia as they feared for their safety as a result of the tension between the countries.
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