But not so fast
Article Abstract:
The expulsion of migrant workers by Asian governments as economic difficulties increase may create a shortage of labour in certain sectors. In Thailand, for example, local people are unwilling to work in fishing, and this is why the industry employs an estimated 200,000 illegal workers. In South Korea, around 370,000 foreigners work in jobs that are shunned by locals, mainly in restaurants, factories and construction. Many foreign workers have already left South Korea, and this has prompted the government to cancel a planned campaign against illegal labour.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1998
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End of the line
Article Abstract:
Countries across Asia are expelling migrant workers as their economic problems worsen. This policy may not help to overcome these economic problems. Indeed, it may exacerbate them if local people do not want to do the work which migrant workers were undertaking and if the countries to which the migrant workers are forced to return are unable to absorb them. Indonesia, for example, already has a high level of unemployment, and the return of large numbers of migrant workers would create serious difficulties.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1998
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