Sri Lanka, Aug. 12 -- A plan to bring in unskilled workers from Sri Lanka is not the right solution to the exodus of Cambodian labourers and it will backfire on Thailand in the long run, a prominent labour expert warned on Monday.

Lae Dilokvidhyarat urged the Ministry of Labour to seriously rethink its plan for Sri Lankans to fill in the void left by Cambodians who have fled home en masse amid rumours that their homes, lives and families would be in danger if they continued to work in Thailand.

The large-scale exodus began after the fatal armed clashes between the two countries over disputed border areas last month and is still continuing.

"A plan to use a workforce of Sri Lankans is not a minor issue. I am not certain that this will a...