far more lowskilled immigrant workers enter the country through other channels nationality verification memorandum of understanding mou one stop service centre ossc or as borderseasonal workers the majority of lowskilled immigrants obtain regular status through the nationality verification and ossc channels jointly totalling approximately million workers these immigrant workers originate from cambodia the lao people s democratic republic lao pdr and myanmar immigration policies in thailand have been criticised for lagging behind reality and policy makers appear to be struggling to develop an adequate framework for the governance of migration flows this is in part due to the diverging perceptions of immigration by employers and workers while at the same time policy makers aim to govern migration flows in such a way that the economy benefits