BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Tens of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned home from Thailand in the past eight days as border clashes escalated, triggering fears among officials of an economic hit for both countries -- in Thailand as a result of a labor shortage and in Cambodia from rising unemployment.
Thailand-Cambodia conflict
Thailand-Cambodia clashes shake two labor markets
Myanmar, Sri Lanka workers may fill gap left by Cambodians heeding call to return home
Cambodians who work in Thailand pour across the Ban Laem border checkpoint as they return home on July 28 due to border clashes between the countries. © Reuters
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