As of the first week of June, almost 60 migrant workers were caught attempting to cross the border illegally to seek work in Thailand via Banteay Meanchey province.
Cambodian workers living in the provinces along the Cambodian-Thai borders have been returning in droves to apply for border passes which grant them the right to legally work and do business in the neighbouring country, since the two nations agreed to reopen border checkpoints at the regional level on May 1.