35 undocumented Nigerians, one Vietnamese arrested in Cambodia

[geovalin]

PHNOM PENH, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian immigration police arrested 35 illegal Nigerian immigrants and a Vietnamese national during raids on their rented houses in Phnom Penh's Meanchey district on Saturday, a senior police official said.

 

"They were caught for living in Cambodia illegally," Lieutenant General Uk Heisela, director of the General Department of Immigration (GDI)'s investigation and procedure department, told Xinhua, adding that they could be deported to their birth country within a week.

 

According to the GDI, last year, the Southeast Asian country expelled 2,357 illegal foreigners of 51 nationalities, and a majority of them were Vietnamese nationals. Under the immigration law, any alien living in the kingdom without valid documents such as passports, visas, or work permits are subject to deportation.

 

source http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/16/c_137259101.htm

 

[OmarZaid]

gotta ask what they were doing there ... ?

[Ketyo]

5 hours ago, OmarZaid said:

gotta ask what they were doing there ... ?

From working in West Africa, these illegals can make more money in Cambodia and Thailand than they can in Nigeria... doing the same thing.... selling drugs, doing scams and pimping.

 

In Cambodia and Thailand the people they prey on have more money - especially the tourists and expats, but also the locals. 

 

I wonder why the Cambodian authorities are able to round them up and deport them so easily.

 

But in Thailand, gangs of Nigerian and other African drug dealer-pimps are free to stand on street corners, like in lower Sukhumvit, Bangkok, and aggressively and openly push drugs onto passers by... in front of the police.

 

Is it really the case that the Thai police are more corrupt or incompetent than the Cambodian police?

[OmarZaid]

47 minutes ago, Ketyo said:

From working in West Africa, these illegals can make more money in Cambodia and Thailand than they can in Nigeria... doing the same thing.... selling drugs, doing scams and pimping.

 

In Cambodia and Thailand the people they prey on have more money - especially the tourists and expats, but also the locals. 

 

I wonder why the Cambodian authorities are able to round them up and deport them so easily.

 

But in Thailand, gangs of Nigerian and other African drug dealer-pimps are free to stand on street corners, like in lower Sukhumvit, Bangkok, and aggressively and openly push drugs onto passers by... in front of the police.

 

Is it really the case that the Thai police are more corrupt or incompetent than the Cambodian police? 

Is it really the case that the Thai police are more corrupt or incompetent than the Cambodian police? 

 

It seems so   or less tolerant ...

[The Theory]

Perhaps they were waiting to cross the border to Thailand. More “prince” in Thailand.

[jimster]

5 hours ago, OmarZaid said:

Is it really the case that the Thai police are more corrupt or incompetent than the Cambodian police? 

 

It seems so   or less tolerant ...

Not sure about that - there are regular posts here on TV about the police rounding up Africans on overstay and for illegal activities. Problem is that when one bunch are rounded up and deported, a new bunch come in to replace them.

 

Also, Cambodia is now finally, after many years of dragging it's feet cracking down on long-term visas. The days of being able to extend your "business" visa at infinitum without any documents required other than your passport, a photograph and the required fee are over. Now a work permit or business license is required to get a one year extension. Without these, the best most foreigners can hope for now is a one time 6 month extension informally called a "looking for work" type G extension, after which you need to leave the country or have a work permit to get the one year extension. Still a far cry from Thailand's more restrictive visa rules, but it will weed out a large amount of the riff raff, gradually at least.

[OmarZaid]

13 hours ago, jimster said:

Not sure about that - there are regular posts here on TV about the police rounding up Africans on overstay and for illegal activities. Problem is that when one bunch are rounded up and deported, a new bunch come in to replace them.

 

Also, Cambodia is now finally, after many years of dragging it's feet cracking down on long-term visas. The days of being able to extend your "business" visa at infinitum without any documents required other than your passport, a photograph and the required fee are over. Now a work permit or business license is required to get a one year extension. Without these, the best most foreigners can hope for now is a one time 6 month extension informally called a "looking for work" type G extension, after which you need to leave the country or have a work permit to get the one year extension. Still a far cry from Thailand's more restrictive visa rules, but it will weed out a large amount of the riff raff, gradually at least.

thanks for that ... tolerance is ending then ... riff-raff need not apply  :--))