About 69,000 Thai People Returned to Homeland

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About 69,000 Thai People Returned to Homeland

 

 

NONTHABURI, Aug 14 (TNA) — About 69,000 Thai people who had been stranded in other countries already arrived in their homeland, according to the Foreign Ministry.

 

Cherdkiat Atthakor, spokesman of the ministry, said that since April about 69,000 Thai returnees had arrived back. On Aug 16, 50 others would arrive from India and over 100 more would do from Paris and the United States, he said.

 

Dr Somsak Akasilp, director-general of the Medical Services Department, said ten teams of 5-6 doctors and nurses joined the LINE chat groups of Thai consulates and Thai people in other countries to give medical advice and telemedicine services for both physical and mental health problems.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-503110

 

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[ezzra]

there are probably hundreds of thousands more out there, but not all would like to come back, no reason really, nothing much here to do either...

[baansgr]

Still a few hundred thousand little ghosts in S.Korea

[pegman]

17 minutes ago, ezzra said:

there are probably hundreds of thousands more out there, but not all would like to come back, no reason really, nothing much here to do either...

Especially work.

[paddypower]

social activists in exile need not apply (that's assuming they haven't disappeared).

[Bender Rodriguez]

if they had a legit job (restaurant owner,  ...) , why return ?

 

or were it from the "professional" adult services sector ?

[Jumbo1968]

69000 all have done 14 days quarantine, they only admit 500 a day, figures don’t add up for me ?

[kingofthemountain]

9 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

69000 all have done 14 days quarantine, they only admit 500 a day, figures don’t add up for me ?

It was 500\day the first months, april and may

since june they have heavily increased the ASQ capacity

but it's actually still not enough, and it's why the foreigners

with ''retirment'' visa are not allowed to return yet