News Forum - More than 100 Burmese job seekers detained for allegedly entering Thailand illegally

[Thaiger]

Amidst thousands of refugees legally fleeing into Thailand’s soil due to fighting escalating near the Thai border, job seekers from Myanmar are also trying to cross the border by natural passageways, evading immigration checkpoints and mandatory quarantine. Reports say many have been paying fees of nearly 22,000 baht (US$ 666) to brokers to cross over to Thailand. On Thursday alone, Thai authorities caught 152 Myanmar job seekers who entered illegally across to Kanchanaburi, whilst 17 more of them were spotted at sea off the coast of Ranong on a long-tailed boat. A total of 80 men and 72 women, as […]

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[ThaiEyes]

Hopefully immigration made them pay the 300 baht “tourist tax”.