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Covid-19: No papers or insurance - you can't come into Thailand, even returning Thais facing travel restrictions


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Covid-19: No papers or insurance - you can't come into Thailand, even returning Thais facing travel restrictions

 

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Thai media is awash with stories that travellers are being denied entry into Thailand because they do not have the required documentation. 

 

There are also reports that this not only applies to foreigners but Thais are not being allowed to board planes and return home.

 

The documentation currently required includes fit to fly papers and travel insurance for foreigners. Thais need the fit to fly documentation and letters from their embassies abroad as well. 

 

Media in Thailand has reported that on Sunday 100 people were denied entry at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Don Meuang airports. These were cases from 4,533 passengers. 

 

Seventy were immediately deported and four Thais at least were taken into compulsory quarantine. Others were on watchlists. 

 

It was not clear how many, if any, of those not permitted entry or were deported were Thai nationals. 

 

But reports on Facebook from an industry insider indicated that hundreds of Thais wanting to come back home from New Zealand were left stranded after they were not permitted to board a Thai Airways flight in Auckland. 

 

Daily News reported today that 55 foreigners were denied entry and four Thais were placed in quarantine as they flew without the required documents.

 

INN carried a report saying that measures at Thai airports to restrict entry were being ramped up. 

 

Manager reported that on Monday 30,688 travellers used Suvarnabhumi airport both inbound and outbound. 

 

A total of 17,341 were international passengers - 15,213 outbound and just 2,128 inbound. 

 

There were a total of 13,347 domestic passengers on Monday with 100 less flights at the airport than normal. 

 

Manager described it as very quiet at Bangkok's main airport. 

 

The news comes as the nation holds its breath for an impending announcement about what the just announced State of Emergency will mean. 

 

Speculation is rife that like India it will include measures as serious as widespread curfew. 

 

Sources: Daily News | INN | Manager

 

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

100 people were denied entry at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Don Meuang airports. These were cases from 4,533 passengers

And from which countries did they arrive? If any non Thais, how did they get the required documents?

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

The documentation currently required includes fit to fly papers and travel insurance for foreigners. Thais need the fit to fly documentation and letters from their embassies abroad as well.

But but but I'm Thai... I don't do paperwork, I have a Thai Id card... doesn't that give me privileges?

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7 hours ago, webfact said:

but Thais are not being allowed to board planes and return home.

symptomatic of thai governance these days; total screw-up-gang

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On 3/25/2020 at 5:10 PM, hotchilli said:

But but but I'm Thai... I don't do paperwork, I have a Thai Id card... doesn't that give me privileges?

Actually it should at least to get back to Thailand then mandatory confined quarantine 

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