peter14 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 News headline bit racist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamblar2014 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 America 50 years ago : we choose to go to the moon, not because it's easy, but because it's hard. Thailand present day : we choose to targets illegals like migrant workers, not because it's hard, but because it's easy. We choose not to prosecute agents because that is hard and even though we have smart vans quite frankly that would not be profitable. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM53 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I do not understand the mourning about this issue. As far as I understand they ALL are here illegally or done something illegal. Has NOTHING to do with "good" farangs. Some must leave the country, others will arrive, hopefully with their papers in order once they learn they can not cheat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 hours ago, SuwadeeS said: ..... but zero Thai criminals arrested. Always only focus on foreigners. Hopefully, the the number is going down again. Because, Thais do not deserve it, that foreigners visit their country. May everybody moves to Vietnam etc. immigration nomally focuses on foreigners not Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 7 hours ago, darksidedog said: There are after all over a million of them spread around, so finding a few with dodgy credentials shouldn't be too difficult. 4.5 mil at the last count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKY Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Old Croc said: I read this in the OP: "Twelve people were involved in human trafficking cases in Songkhla and Satun - this involved Thais, Malaysians and people from Myanmar." 3 hours ago, Old Croc said: I read this in the OP: "Twelve people were involved in human trafficking cases in Songkhla and Satun - this involved Thais, Malaysians and people from Myanmar." Its simply witch hunting! All thais problems come from foreigners isnt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 1 hour ago, peter14 said: News headline bit racist The words "Immigration" and "Foreigners" do seem to go hand in hand! But unfortunately we do not seem to see many headlines reporting the fact that the RTP have arrested hundreds of PROPER "criminals" and consequently as far as the general populace is concerned "Foreigners" = "Bad Guys"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevemercer Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Remember that inquiry into human trafficking down south 3 or 4 years ago. There was a sort of death camp. The policeman in charge of the inquiry found systematic corruption and involvement by big wigs in the police and immigration (southern region). After naming names he was politely thanked and then appointed to a new position within the jurisdiction of those he had named as being involved. Not surprisingly he fled to Australia and applied for asylum on the grounds that he would be killed if he took up his new position or eveb stayed in Thailand. I wonder what happened to him and the bigwigs named for human trafficking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 1 hour ago, JEM53 said: I do not understand the mourning about this issue. As far as I understand they ALL are here illegally or done something illegal. Has NOTHING to do with "good" farangs. This has nothing to do with white European / north Americans at all in any way. There are millions of asians living in Thailand, every one of them a walking target. I'd bet (if betting wasn't already illegal) that there's a good section of the immigration department who pretty much never deal with white foreigners as we are pretty rare compared to the rest of them who all come from Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 9 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: How much does the bounty hunters make per head? good question...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 9 hours ago, darksidedog said: So, yet another big song and dance over finding a few immigrants from neighbouring countries. There are after all over a million of them spread around, so finding a few with dodgy credentials shouldn't be too difficult. No mention of any expats involved, but the tone of the story still tends to tar us with the same brush and makes readers get the impression that so, so many foreigners in general are bad for the country. I like this attitude less and less with every such story. Calm down you seem as tense as soneone ready to through a race card out. There was nothing in that report that made me feel like expats are bad Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 9 hours ago, darksidedog said: So, yet another big song and dance over finding a few immigrants from neighbouring countries. There are after all over a million of them spread around, so finding a few with dodgy credentials shouldn't be too difficult. No mention of any expats involved, but the tone of the story still tends to tar us with the same brush and makes readers get the impression that so, so many foreigners in general are bad for the country. I like this attitude less and less with every such story. Yeah, we're all evil and a threat to the national security of Thailand. Broad brush; xenophobic-coloured paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundooman Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 10 hours ago, darksidedog said: So, yet another big song and dance over finding a few immigrants from neighbouring countries. There are after all over a million of them spread around, so finding a few with dodgy credentials shouldn't be too difficult. No mention of any expats involved, but the tone of the story still tends to tar us with the same brush and makes readers get the impression that so, so many foreigners in general are bad for the country. I like this attitude less and less with every such story. I agree. much simpler to state 'Asian, foreigners arrested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Well, an acceptable percentage considering the 40 million tourists .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 i thought most western passports were biometric anyway.they seem to be catching many from everywhere these days.overstay or work permits they know where they maybe in Thailand.just every now and then they go on a purge and put press stories out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk21 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 21 hours ago, darksidedog said: So, yet another big song and dance over finding a few immigrants from neighbouring countries. There are after all over a million of them spread around, so finding a few with dodgy credentials shouldn't be too difficult. No mention of any expats involved, but the tone of the story still tends to tar us with the same brush and makes readers get the impression that so, so many foreigners in general are bad for the country. I like this attitude less and less with every such story. i agree with you, but do you think we, farangs are becoming a bit sensitive regarding this issue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy777 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Maj-Gen Jetsada Yaisun was at pains to explain that the vast majority of expatriates were law abiding and contributed in a positive way to Thailand's economy. I can dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 It starts right at their home with their people. Land of Fleecing. Of course Darkside is right on the money stating just another instance that will be added up making us lumped in to look as the worst of the worst bad ole expats, money pit criminals. So they will continue to push the point harder on tracking us like the wild animals we are. Ofcourse I drag it out of context, but not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 2 hours ago, holy cow cm said: It starts right at their home with their people. Land of Fleecing. Of course Darkside is right on the money stating just another instance that will be added up making us lumped in to look as the worst of the worst bad ole expats, money pit criminals. So they will continue to push the point harder on tracking us like the wild animals we are. Ofcourse I drag it out of context, but not much. I agree, if there was not opportunity here (provided by locals in terms of employment or transit) they would not come illegally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 1:59 PM, SuwadeeS said: ..... but zero Thai criminals arrested. Always only focus on foreigners. Hopefully, the the number is going down again. Because, Thais do not deserve it, that foreigners visit their country. May everybody moves to Vietnam etc. On 7/27/2019 at 2:16 PM, Old Croc said: I read this in the OP: "Twelve people were involved in human trafficking cases in Songkhla and Satun - this involved Thais, Malaysians and people from Myanmar." I've lost count of the number of times that people comment without reading the post properly - and the number of times that they never say "sorry"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 21 hours ago, Mansinthe said: But to be fair its pretty much like that when i think about other countries like Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore or even back home in Germany. People dont really give a sh!t anymore. But in Thailand most cashier staff say thank you or so that thank you thing with their hands and bow a little to thai customers and foreigners as well. And in some stores and 7/11 they even talk say Thank you in English or the amount of baht in English. I agree with what you say, but the point I was making is that Thailand never used to be like that:- "..................... Thais had become less welcoming, and over the last few years, the smile had disappeared." In another post I mentioned that it was the first thing I noticed about Thailand, as opposed to the "Who the f@#k you looking at" response back in London! And I did mention that the checkout girl was the only one to acknowledge me, and very true about the staff at 7/11 - never had cause to complain about them at all - in fact at the 7/11 nearest me they always greet you when you walk in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 9 hours ago, Tomahawk21 said: i agree with you, but do you think we, farangs are becoming a bit sensitive regarding this issue ? No! - nearly every day (on ThaiVisa anyway) there is a headline about Immigration and "farangs"/foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnikaIII Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 9:29 AM, RotBenz8888 said: How much does the bounty hunters make per head? Maybe ask the traffickers. Some of them probably wear two hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKY Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Why not introduce death penalty for foreigners overstaying in Thailand? At least this will help to exterminate the race of foreigners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 They could report this every week if they wanted, it's not really very interesting, poor Burmese workers will do anything to find a job in Thailand. Westerners are maybe more interesting to read about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctkong Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 2:02 PM, RichardColeman said: OK, so I am a pretty daft person, but a portable biometric scanner would do the job if Thailand insisted all passports had to be biometric Country like myanmar still has no biometric passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk21 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 9 hours ago, sambum said: No! - nearly every day (on ThaiVisa anyway) there is a headline about Immigration and "farangs"/foreigners. yes i agree, but if you meet the requirements no problem. if you cant meet the requirements hit the road jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebyrd Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 1:39 PM, mike787 said: THey're coming for us....can run but cannot hide. On 7/27/2019 at 2:07 PM, simon43 said: Hey, that's the Thermae in Bangkok! It can't be, the women are too good looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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