News Forum - 126 Burmese migrants seeking jobs arrested in Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai for illegal entry

[Thaiger]

Thai border authorities arrested 126 people from Myanmar for allegedly crossing the Thai border illegally on Sunday, evading the mandatory quarantine and immigration screening. The arrested people had reportedly crossed into Chiang Mai and Kanchanaburi provinces. Four men and eight women were caught in Sangkhala Buri District, while patrols found 38 men and 38 women hiding in bushes next to a pineapple plantation in Sai Yok District on Sunday. In Chiang Mai, the Fa Meuang force patrol found 19 men and 21 women in Fang District. Arrested individuals said they had intended to travel to Bangkok, Nakhon Prathom, and Samut […]

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[AdvocatusDiaboli]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Thai border authorities arrested 126 people from Myanmar for allegedly crossing the Thai border illegally on Sunday,

News Forum - 126 Burmese migrants seeking jobs arrested in Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai for illegal entry.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/pandemic-creates-labour-shortages-in-thailand
 

Labour shortage, , and they make it super hard for their labour supply to enter Thailand. They can’t have their cake and eat it too. Oh dear, how sad, never mind! 

[Rain]

4 minutes ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

News Forum - 126 Burmese migrants seeking jobs arrested in Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai for illegal entry.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/pandemic-creates-labour-shortages-in-thailand
 

Labour shortage, , and they make it super hard for their labour supply to enter Thailand. They can’t have their cake and eat it too. Oh dear, how sad, never mind! 

Wasn't it a few months ago that the government was hatching a scheme to recruit tens of thousands of Khmer and Burman "illegals" to fill the so call labour shortages???? Whatever become of this program?

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

2 minutes ago, Rain said:

Whatever become of this program?

It didn’t hatch !

[Changnam43]

It's just a guess on my part but maybe some people have a vested interest in there being a pool of illegal labour.

If they were here legally employers would have to pay them more.

[vlad]

How many of them were vaccinate, and how many have got in without any vaccine to spread it.