UNION Minister for Labour U Myint Naung virtually attended the fourth Labour Ministers Meeting on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam yesterday.
Speaking
at the Laos-led meeting, the Union minister said the migrant workers benefit
their countries for economic growth, whereas the undocumented migrant workers
face hardships in getting primary social security benefits. Therefore, it
should cooperate to create a situation where migrant workers can go abroad for
job purposes officially and grab the benefits of their host countries in
accordance with the law. According to the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, everyone has the right to social security benefits.
He
then highlighted Myanmar, being a member of the International Social Security
Association (ISSA) in 1957 and the ASEAN Social Security Association in 2015,
including the measures to carry out social security benefits-related matters
for all labourers, including migrant workers. He mentioned the unity and
goodwill of ASEAN for better social status and healthcare services of migrant
workers and called for cooperation to be a prosperous region.
Director-General
U Maung Maung Than of the Department of Labour attended the seventh Senior
Labour Official Meeting and discussed migration and statistics of individual
countries, practices for portability of social security benefits for migrant
workers in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
At
noon, at the fourth Labour Ministers Meeting on Portability of Social Security
Benefits for Migrant Workers, Laos’ labour officials and attendees reviewed the
meeting minutes of the seventh meeting. They approved the Labour Minister Level
Joint Statement.
MNA/ KTZH
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