At 8:30 a.m. on August 6, 2025, thousands of Cambodian workers were waiting at Ban Laem on the Thai side for border authorities to open the crossing so they could return home, according to CENTRAL. Their route into Cambodia was through the Doung International Border Checkpoint in Kamrieng District, Battambang Province.
Battambang Governor Sok Lou said preliminary information indicated that many workers would return to Cambodia through Doung that day. He also instructed personnel to be ready to assist the returning Cambodian workers.
Most workers at the Doung–Ban Laem crossing who spoke briefly to CENTRAL staff on August 2 gave this explanation: “I was late leaving Thailand to return to Cambodia because I was waiting for my employer to pay me.”
According to the Ministry of Labour, 670,839 Cambodian workers returned to Cambodia from Thailand from June 8 to the evening of August 5, 2025.
By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
