Over 600 foreigners arrested in southern Thailand for overstays and illegal entry
PHOTO: Manager
686 people have been arrested in southern Thailand, mostly foreigners, on a variety of offences of working illegally or being involved in human trafficking.
Thailand’s Region 6 immigration reported that the people were arrested between July 1-25.
Immigration reported…
• 436 people have been arrested as illegal migrant workers and had illegally entered Thailand
• 49 had no work permits
• 15 were on overstay
• 25 people had arrest warrants out for them
Manager Online reports that 12 people – Thais, Malaysians and Burmese – were involved in human trafficking cases in Songkhla and Satun.
7 Burmese had fake passports, had crossed the land border in Kanchanaburi and were headed for Malaysia to work. Immigration police reported that they were using genuine passports but with the picture changed to their own. They had paid 16,000 baht to Agents for the fake passports.
SOURCE: Manager Online
Join the conversation and have your say on Thailand news published on The Thaiger.
Thaiger Talk is our new Thaiger Community where you can join the discussion on everything happening in Thailand right now.
Please note that articles are not posted to the forum instantly and can take up to 20 min before being visible. Click for more information and the Thaiger Talk Guidelines.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.