210 Myanmar migrants nabbed in Ranong on way to Malaysia

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210 Myanmar migrants nabbed in Thailand on way to Malaysia

 

BANGKOK: A total of 210 migrants from Myanmar have been arrested by Thai authorities in three separate operations in Ranong, near the Thailand-Myanmar border, from where most of them intended to enter Malaysia illegally.

 

Ranong immigration chief Verayot Kaarunayadhorn said most of those arrested during the operations confessed their intention to travel to Malaysia and work illegally.

 

"They were just using Thailand as a transit as most of them wanted to seek employment in Malaysia. The others planned to go to Phuket and Samut Sakhon (in Thailand) to find jobs," he told the Bernama news agency on Monday (Nov 19).

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/210-myanmar-migrants-nabbed-in-thailand-on-way-to-malaysia-10947596

 

-- CHANNEL NEWSASIA 2018-11-20