The family of a Thai worker who recently died in the United Arab Emirates has called on the government to help bring his body home for funeral rites.

Banchong Saengwong, 58, from Buri Ram, said her 35-year-old son, Chaowalit Charoensuk, died last week at his sister's apartment in an undisclosed city after falling ill and the family needed help to bring his body home.