Statement

Strengthen Services, Protections for Returned Migrant Workers

Joint Statement Strengthen Services, Protections for Returned Migrant Workers Phnom Penh, 07 October 2025 At least 900,000 Cambodians have returned from Thailand since the border conflict escalated on 24 July 2025, according to government estimates.[1] This surge far exceeds the exodus during the COVID-19 period, when roughly 260,000 migrants returned, and is already proving to be a strain on Cambodia’s economy and the Cambodian people’s well-being. Before the border conflict, remittances from Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand were a significant contributor to Cambodia’s GDP: workers sent hom...