11 Myanmar migrants arrested in Narathiwat while crossing over from Malaysia

[rooster59]

11 Myanmar migrants arrested in Narathiwat while crossing over from Malaysia

By THE NATION

 

 

The district chief of Sungai Kolok district in Narathiwat province on Friday announced the arrest of 11 male migrants from Myanmar while they were trying to enter Thailand by crossing a river in Pasemat subdistrict that serves as a border with Malaysia.

 

“The migrants were disembarking from a ferry when officials confronted them before making the arrests. However, the ferry boat driver fled immediately,” district chief Rungreung Thimabutr said.

 

“Officials then brought the 11 migrants to Sungai Kolok Police Station for Covid-19 screening and interrogation. None of them has proper documents. They used to work on fishing boats in Malaysia and tried to enter Thailand to find jobs,” he said.

 

 

Preliminary screening showed that the 11 migrants have normal temperature. They are still detained in isolation until more detailed tests clear them of Covid-19 infection.

 

Rungreung added that in the past few months, officials had arrested several illegal migrants trying to enter Thailand via natural channels in Sungai Kolok district.

 

“Most of them were from Kelantan state in Malaysia and were either trying to escape the escalating Covid-19 situation in Malaysia or trying to find jobs,” he said.

 

“The agency in Malaysia that facilitated their entry would keep their passports to avoid authorities tracing back to them in case the migrants were arrested. We suspect that they could be international human trafficking rings.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400269

 

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[cryo]

I suspect this should read 11 Myanmar migrants without sufficient monetary incentive arrested in Narathiwat while crossing over from Malaysia. I suspect the reporter missed a bit of important information out ????

[Justgrazing]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

 

Preliminary screening showed that the 11 migrants have normal temperature. They are still detained in isolation until more detailed tests clear them of Covid-19 infection

 

Give 'em the saliva test like wot some staff have got at Gov' house .. bound to come back neg' then .. 

Is he saying in that pic' 

" Any of you lot done any pointing before " ..

[hotchilli]

20 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

 

Give 'em the saliva test like wot some staff have got at Gov' house .. bound to come back neg' then .. 

Is he saying in that pic' 

" Any of you lot done any pointing before " ..

That's some serious pointing....