webfact Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 478 mostly-illegal foreigners rounded up in immigration raid By The Thaiger FILE PHOTO – One of the regular round-up of illegal foreigners Police have netted another 478 mostly-illegal foreigners during surprise raids in more than 200 locations around Thailand yesterday (Wednesday) – most illegal immigrants. The assistant national police chief cited the 34th ASEAN Summit being held in Bangkok (that started today) as part of the security crackdown. Police and immigration officials checked the documentation of foreigners at 238 different locations around the country, including private schools, hotels, entertainment locations and language schools. The says that the raids netted 478 foreigners accused of committing a variety of crimes – 295 illegal immigrants, 26 registered migrant workers (but were working in places other than their registered place of employment) and 24 illegal migrant workers Seven had overstayed their visa. Source: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/expats/478-mostly-illegal-foreigners-rounded-up-in-immigration-raid -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-06-21 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 I'm guessing the remaining 126 not mentioned had failed to register a TM30? <end of sarcasm mode> 3 1 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyfromoz Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 whats with the men in black standing behind them making them look like prisoners of war. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MasterBaker Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 got to love this country... "mostly-illegal" people arrested 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hobz Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, MasterBaker said: got to love this country... "mostly-illegal" people arrested Yeah and God forbid you register as a migrant worker and work at the wrong address. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 Great to see the emphasis on heinous criminals is still in full swing after BJ ???? 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozman52 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, wendyfromoz said: whats with the men in black standing behind them making them look like prisoners of war. "them" are police officers. See the little badges on their uniforms? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overherebc Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, hobz said: Yeah and God forbid you register as a migrant worker and work at the wrong address. Anyone remember all those stories last year, I think, that work permits would allow you to work anywhere in Thailand and so many reckoned they could just travel around working here there and everywhere. ???????? Edited June 21, 2019 by overherebc 6 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 38 minutes ago, wendyfromoz said: whats with the men in black standing behind them making them look like prisoners of war. They are - the war against illegal foreigners. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naamblar2014 Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 What does S. W. A. T mean in Thailand. I don't think you would need special weapons and tactical to check the papers of a few migrant workers would you? Slave worker arrest team? 4 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, bluesofa said: I'm guessing the remaining 126 not mentioned had failed to register a TM30? <end of sarcasm mode> And the police have a person hiding identity. Could't they do better than a file photo with a "token Farang"? <End of TIT mode> 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post poohy Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 Can you tell me the requirements for being "Mostly illegal"it might have just happened to me overnight Always best to check daily........ i will go to immigration 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stanleycoin Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) Quote Police and immigration officials checked the documentation of foreigners at 238 different locations around the country, including private schools, hotels, entertainment locations and language schools. Big News again, The never ending 500 illegals every month !!!!!!!!!! it's a bit like the old, everlasting pint of Guinness joke.!!!!!!!!!!! Good to see the correct terminology used. Police and immigration officials. So there you have it, Cops doing immigration work. ( that can't be so, well according to some posters) So lets have the surplus immigration cops, ( loads of them) out on the roads catching the bad guys and girls on the highways. after all, only 65 per day die on the roads here, unlike the victimless crime above. But hey, forgot TIT. Ps Nearly forgot, Get em, Get em now, evil foreigners. Edited June 21, 2019 by stanleycoin 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) I am all for them arresting illegals BUT why the big show from the fuzz and why do the media play out these xenophobic rituals. Does anyone one know if the Thai media keep reporting them the same as the English language media or is it just the English language media's editorial "policy" to scare us? Edited June 21, 2019 by MRToMRT typo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gecko123 Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 After the last English teacher gets deported, Thais will be unable to mostly speak English. [note: syntax deliberately screwed up for humorous effect.] 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokat Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 hours ago, bluesofa said: I'm guessing the remaining 126 not mentioned had failed to register a TM30? <end of sarcasm mode> Sarcasm ? We have seen in similar articles before that those monthly raid also included foreigner that failed to report their address in Thailand (although it was not said if it was 90 day report or TM something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 It is or seems totally overkill and the why is mind boggling for how they are treating the foreigners. Is this under a democratic government or fascist regime? I am having a hard time deciphering this. Next it will be pointed at going to all the above board registered having all i's dotted and t's crossed foreigners residences showing a force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, Gecko123 said: After the last English teacher gets deported, Thais will be unable to mostly speak English. [note: syntax deliberately screwed up for humorous effect.] Don't you mean Inglit? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell17au Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 40 minutes ago, MRToMRT said: I am all for them arresting illegals BUT why the big show from the fuzz and why do the media play out these xenophobic rituals. Does anyone one know if the Thai media keep reporting them the same as the English language media or is it just the English language media's editorial "policy" to scare us? Yes the Thai media also keep reporting it, but the Thai media seems to go into a bit more detail 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Russell17au said: Yes the Thai media also keep reporting it, but the Thai media seems to go into a bit more detail Not that much detail - I haven't seen any reports so far mentioning the acussed's weight, or even shoe size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash210 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Im surprised they didnt call out the 2 or 3 Cameroonians like they do in every story ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1964 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I thought Big Joke had already arrested all the illegals.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 17 minutes ago, Splash210 said: Im surprised they didnt call out the 2 or 3 Cameroonians like they do in every story ???? Perhaps Immigration are a victim of their own success, and have run out of their stock of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Just proves that all foreigners are security risks to Thailand. Bad foreigners!!! Bad!!! Must monitor much, much more closely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Illegals, cheaters, visa scammers, crims, shifties, scumbags, child molesters, drug users n dealers, bar bums out ... honest law abiding falangs in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 These photos are classic. You have got to love it, they have probably arrested some peanut sellers or watch guys and the police team are stood there like they have just caught Bin Laden. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted June 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, MRToMRT said: I am all for them arresting illegals BUT why the big show from the fuzz and why do the media play out these xenophobic rituals. Does anyone one know if the Thai media keep reporting them the same as the English language media or is it just the English language media's editorial "policy" to scare us? As to the why? There are no Progressives in Thailand screaming for the protection of 'migrant rights' or offering sanctuary cities, or defending basic human-rights. Nope, Thailand is pretty uniformly xenophobic. I'm personally all for protecting their borders, but the level of anti-foreigner immigration policies, obsessive-compulsive foreigner monitoring and reporting requirements for all non-Thais that lead to these Lakhon-esqe "arrest and display" media side-shows, and ever-changing immigration regulations that pretty much guarantees making criminals out of quite a large percentage of foreigners for 'heinous' offensives like failure to report a short trip away from their residence - is complete and utter overkill. Can you even imagine the outrage in say, Sweden, Germany, most Western EU countries, the UK, or the US if their immigration enforcement started arresting and displaying foreigners as though they were hardened criminals as does Thailand? Especially if it was reported that the demeaning treatment and carnivalesque media photo-ops and reporting were for offenses such as 'failure to report an address' or 'failure to file an address form?' 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash210 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Just proves that all foreigners are security risks to Thailand. Bad foreigners!!! Bad!!! Must monitor much, much more closely.You no come back!Sent from my Redmi 5 Plus using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moir Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Naamblar2014 said: What does S. W. A. T mean in Thailand. I don't think you would need special weapons and tactical to check the papers of a few migrant workers would you? Slave worker arrest team? Stay safe! There's some dodgy characters out there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Naamblar2014 said: What does S. W. A. T mean in Thailand. I don't think you would need special weapons and tactical to check the papers of a few migrant workers would you? Slave worker arrest team? Thais love a drama! You should know they all watch too much American TV and if there is any soap with a uniform in it, you can bet within a week there is a Thai version of it circulating within the military and police. They just can't bear to be left out on such things as newly formed, inter governmental departments like S.W.A.T, or Transnational crime division, especially when it involves dressing up! Remember, this country has more Admirals and Generals than the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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