Schools targeted as 80 foreigners arrested nationwide

[Destiny1990]

Thais are fluent in English enough send them all home.

[biggles45]

" but i thought they used alot of cheap filipino english teachers in the schools"

 

Many of the Filipinos that we know here pay an agent who has a contact in immigration. Expensive but they are legal so less hassle.

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

 

"In the latest operation, police searched 127 spots around the country, including 13 international schools, 17 language schools and 61 normal schools"

 

The language schools aren't closed.

 

 

And many schools have summer programs.

 

 

[jinners]

3 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

If you are illegal you are illegal whether it be a school teacher or a bog cleaner.

Well done thailand

Agreed, but I do feel a little uneasy at this 'foreigner' label. Xenophobic we know they are but this glee to announce over stayers are caught verges on exposing the sheer delight of getting none Thais. While a myriad of better things they could focus on go on unnoticed. 

[sanemax]

8 minutes ago, jinners said:

Agreed, but I do feel a little uneasy at this 'foreigner' label. Xenophobic we know they are but this glee to announce over stayers are caught verges on exposing the sheer delight of getting none Thais. While a myriad of better things they could focus on go on unnoticed. 

There is quite a good reason as to why they found no Thai overstayers

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[jinners]

2 minutes ago, sanemax said:

There is quite a good reason as to why the found no Thai overstayers

quite right too lol. I meant the fact they can concentrate their efforts without worrying about having to pull in any brethren. almost like getting an out of visa farang counts more.

[graeme64]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

five Indians, four Cambodians, two North Koreans, two Americans, two Britons, one Turk, one Kyrgyzstani and one Laotian

I would have thought Loation would have been able to smooth things over

[mvdf]

4 hours ago, Happy enough said:

strange thing about that is there were no filipinos arrested. maybe they are all legal but i thought they used alot of cheap filipino english teachers in the schools

 

 

Why? Are you resentful of the fact that nationals of your country and others are those who mostly transgress the laws of the Kingdom? I'm from the Philippines and happy to see that people from my country respect the visa rules of this country! Why would you find it strange that Filipinos are not arrested? They have the proper visas so there is nothing strange about it! Having cheap Filipino English teachers doesn't make them illegal workers in Thailand. They may be paid lower than those proclaiming to be better teachers here but they abide by the visa laws so there is nothing strange about this. It's purely your envy and resentment which makes you post what you just posted!

 

[NextStationBangkok]

Sex schools OK to close, why regular schools ?

 

Prostitution to Institutions raided in Thailand.

Edited March 30, 2018 by NextStationBangkok

[dinsdale]

There'll be a lot of people shitting themselves if they start checking degrees.

[DavisH]

Were the school directors also fined for breaking labour laws? I think not.....

[wvavin]

How pathetic is the Thai police that could not even use English to address the suspects!

[Just Weird]

4 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

Arresting people for teaching kids.

They were arresting illegals for being here, or working illegally, not for "teaching kids".

[hansnl]

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Timely arrests.........they can't have the masses educated now can they and how can foreigners drum the national culture into them, that is a job for xenophobic locals!

You really expect a good education from the likes of the arrested?

 

[mommysboy]

37 minutes ago, mvdf said:

 

 

Why? Are you resentful of the fact that nationals of your country and others are those who mostly transgress the laws of the Kingdom? I'm from the Philippines and happy to see that people from my country respect the visa rules of this country! Why would you find it strange that Filipinos are not arrested? They have the proper visas so there is nothing strange about it! Having cheap Filipino English teachers doesn't make them illegal workers in Thailand. They may be paid lower than those proclaiming to be better teachers here but they abide by the visa laws so there is nothing strange about this. It's purely your envy and resentment which makes you post what you just posted!

 

Quite so.  I think he is confusing cheap with illegal.  But there must also be some transgressors- just a statistical quirk maybe.

[hansnl]

19 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Were the school directors also fined for breaking labour laws? I think not.....

Now that is a trick question....

[anon789561]

1 hour ago, mvdf said:

 

 

Why? Are you resentful of the fact that nationals of your country and others are those who mostly transgress the laws of the Kingdom? I'm from the Philippines and happy to see that people from my country respect the visa rules of this country! Why would you find it strange that Filipinos are not arrested? They have the proper visas so there is nothing strange about it! Having cheap Filipino English teachers doesn't make them illegal workers in Thailand. They may be paid lower than those proclaiming to be better teachers here but they abide by the visa laws so there is nothing strange about this. It's purely your envy and resentment which makes you post what you just posted!

 

now calm down. what i said was based on what i have seen and heard. most visa run buses from on nut are packed with filipinos doing visa runs so i was just surprised that some weren't teaching without permits etc. so so very sorry that you are soooo easily offended

**envy? a flipper on 25k a month OK mate

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[PatOngo]

23 minutes ago, hansnl said:

You really expect a good education from the likes of the arrested?

 

I'd expect a trained hamster to provide better education than indigenous teachers.

[mickymouse1]

That seedy Grace is on Soi3?

[mickymouse1]

41 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

Quite so.  I think he is confusing cheap with illegal.  But there must also be some transgressors- just a statistical quirk maybe.

Actually I met few Pinoy ladies in Nonthaburi all over 45 &all overstated their Visas?

[mickymouse1]

Strange that those ASEANS Nationals over stayed their visas despite they can easily exit and return ?

[AlQaholic]

I wouldn't be surprised if they send the North Koreans back to North Korea.

[duanebigsby]

6 hours ago, Happy enough said:

"Eight other foreigners were arrested on other criminal charges –four Vietnamese, two Myanmarians, one Indian, and one Briton"

i assume these others were for not having a WP. Interesting they are targeting the schools now

It hasn't been that rare that school checks have been made.

[jenny2017]

1 hour ago, mvdf said:

 

 

Why? Are you resentful of the fact that nationals of your country and others are those who mostly transgress the laws of the Kingdom? I'm from the Philippines and happy to see that people from my country respect the visa rules of this country! Why would you find it strange that Filipinos are not arrested? They have the proper visas so there is nothing strange about it! Having cheap Filipino English teachers doesn't make them illegal workers in Thailand. They may be paid lower than those proclaiming to be better teachers here but they abide by the visa laws so there is nothing strange about this. It's purely your envy and resentment which makes you post what you just posted!

 

BANGKOK, THAILAND - In 2015, the Philippine Embassy reported that there were 15,662 Filipinos in Thailand. This was accounted as follows: 1,025 are permanent migrants (they are married to Thais); temporary migrants, 13,266 are temporary migrants or those issued with work permits by the Thai Ministry of Labor, and the irregular or undocumented accounted to 1,371. However, the numbers could be higher because most Filipinos coming here to work entered as tourists. They have either friends or family members who encouraged them to work in the Kingdom.

https://www.thefilipinogroup.com/single-post/2017/08/16/Filipino-teachers-in-Thailand-A-closer-look

 

I don't think that the OP was meant to write anything negative about Filipinos in general.13,266 of temporary migrants is a pretty high number, don't you think? 

Would they've raided government schools a few weeks before they were closed, the numbers might be a little bit different. 

[anon789561]

1 minute ago, AlQaholic said:

I wouldn't be surprised if they send the North Koreans back to North Korea.

not here mate. they'd go south korea. i think there's some kind of agreement in place

[anon789561]

1 minute ago, duanebigsby said:

It hasn't been that rare that school checks have been made.

really, fair enough. i haven't heard anything about it before now. i agree with it entirely. just thought the schools weren't touched before

[duanebigsby]

5 hours ago, Happy enough said:

strange thing about that is there were no filipinos arrested. maybe they are all legal but i thought they used alot of cheap filipino english teachers in the schools

The filipino teachers mostly have Education degrees and get work permits, so they wouldn't be arrested.

[Squigy]

1 minute ago, duanebigsby said:

The filipino teachers mostly have Education degrees and get work permits, so they wouldn't be arrested.

So if they have " Education degrees" why come and work in Thailand.. I would think they would get better money elsewhere in the world with such "degrees"..

 

Just a thought.....

 

B

 

[Surasak]

5 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

I suppose that if you need to find fault you will.

Many posters ( not all ) on here complain on many fronts about police ( some warranted but most undiluted disrespectful bigotry).

The police do something positive and still many feel the need to keep carping on.

Then again that's how many such people get their jollies I suppose.

I get my jollies wherever I can at my age and unfortunately they are few and far between. 

[anon789561]

filipinos. since i was attacked for my comment which was in no way meant to offend any brittle people. few weeks ago was in a restaurant near the entrance to shangri la. ordered my stuff in thai to be told, quite angrily, hey i am not thai, don't speak to me in thai, i don't understand. well learn thai mate. go to on nut tesco at 4/5am and tell me all those angelic flippers aren't working here illegally. i made a fair comment