Thais abroad start returning via land border crossings

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Thais abroad start returning via land border crossings

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Today is the first day during which Thai nationals abroad, can return to Thailand using border crossings into 21 provinces, after the recent temporary closure to control the spread of COVID-19. Related agencies have prepared screening procedures and quarantine facilities for all returnees.

 

At Wang Prachan Thailand-Malaysia border crossing in Satun, Thai nationals in Malaysia arrived in the morning to register their intent to return. The authorities in Malaysia then allowed registered persons to cross the border from Perlis in groups of five, one group at a time.

 

Khuan Don District Chief Adul Midsen has ordered officials to enforce screening protocols which strictly prohibit relatives of returnees from entering the screening area. After the screening, returnees are transferred to a local quarantine facility where they will reside for 14 days.

 

According to the Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, 262 Thai nationals have registered to return to Thailand via land and water border crossings today. 35 persons will travel through Wang Prachan border crossing,16 persons through Tammalang Pier in Satun, 100 persons through Sadao border crossing in Songkhla, 91 persons through Su-ngai Kolok border crossing in Narathiwat, and 20 persons via Betong border crossing in Yala.

 

The five provinces in the far south have prepared 467 local quarantine facilities that can accommodate some 10,000 persons in total.

 

The 4th Army Region Chief Lt Gen Pornsak Poonsawat, said today that the army is ready to facilitate returning Thai nationals, and will ensure there are no illegal border crossings across natural borders. Any persons found entering the country illegally will be subject to legal punishments as well as disease control protocols.

 

He said units stationed on the southern border are now manning the post 24 hours a day to prevent unlawful entry, making sure that every person entering the country complies with the disease control measures.

 

Meawhile, on the Thailand-Laos border, one Thai national in Paksan, Laos, has registered to cross the border into Thailand through Bueng Kan customs checkpoint. The returnee will be transferred to the Bueng Kan Campus of Udon Thani Rajabhat University for a 14-day quarantine.

 

All persons crossing the border must hold a valid medical certificate, an entry document issued by the embassy, and must consent to the 14-day quarantine program at a state facility.

 

Despite having no international border, Sakhon Nakhon has prepared Puparn Royal Development Study Center as a quarantine center to accommodate its residents returning from other countries. The province has assured villagers of the readiness of health and safety protocols supervised by public health officials.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-04-19

 

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[natway09]

And the ones that got away are a huge risk

[anchadian]

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/over-300-thai-migrant-workers-from-malaysia-evade-immigration-checks/

 

Over 300 Thai migrant workers from Malaysia evade immigration checks

• April 19, 2020
  
  Police and immigration officials have tightened up border crossings, in the Su-ngai Kolok district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat, after more than 300 Thai migrant workers in Malaysia slipped back into Thailand illegally.

[mrfill]

Do they get tested on arrival? Or is that being a bit too sciencey

[garrya]

A few hundreds of them illegally tried to cross the border in Narathiwat but got rounded up luckily. Why do they have to cross illegally? As..oles really. 

What the heck were they doing in Malaysia? They had ample time to return but those bloody religious gatherings are important. Even though they knew the borders were about to close, they still completed their important brainwashing religious thing. It's shocking to see that tens of thousands of Thais spend their time in mainly muslim countries. Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and more. Yeah, work and .... hmm... 

It's clear that Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Satun have no reason to be part of "wonderful Thailand".