webfact Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Royal Thai Navy units delivered water and food to the remote island approximately 70 to 80 km off the coast on Saturday for the relief of 59 Rohingya refugees stranded on a rocky shoreline. The group were later transferred by patrol boat to the mainland, in Satun province, on Sunday. There, they were visited by Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn, sent by Royal Thai Police headquarters to establish who they were and how they came to be on the island. It is understood that the refugees will be charged with illegal entry into the kingdom and later returned to Bangladesh where they are believed to have originated from. by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor On Saturday, Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn was dispatched by headquarters to find out more about the group who were detected on Saturday on the remote, monkey inhabited island of Ko Dong about 70 to 80 km off the coast of Satun. The group of 59, including men, women and children, had been stranded on the island for a week after being dropped off by human traffickers and told they had already reached Malaysia. A group of 59 Rohingya found on the remote island of Ko Dong in the Tarutao National Park off the southwestern coast of Thailand are to be charged with illegal entry into the country and sent back to Bangladesh after they were rescued by a Royal Thai Navy patrol vessel on Sunday. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Royal Thai Police headquarters on Saturday dispatched top cop, Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn, to investigate the group with fears that they may be linked to increased human trafficking activity in the area as the Rohingya crisis again grows urgent with over 1.2 million refugees alone reported in the small Bangladesh city of Cox’s Bazar forcing tougher policies there by authorities to keep the population safe and healthy. Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/05/rohingyas-found-on-island-to-face-charges/ -- © Copyright Thai Examiner 2022-06-06 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Easiest way to own or rent a car in Thailand - click here to find out more! 1 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 Victimizing victims once again instead of helping them.....good one Thailand. 14 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 3 hours ago, webfact said: It is understood that the refugees will be charged with illegal entry into the kingdom and later returned to Bangladesh where they are believed to have originated from. Why charge them? Just return them safely unless the can prove that they are in danger if they return then they can claim asylum. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Why charge them? Just return them safely unless the can prove that they are in danger if they return then they can claim asylum. +1 and 100% the right way to deal with the situation. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomchaiCNX Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 4 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Victimizing victims once again instead of helping them.....good one Thailand. And it is good to know that the UN Human rights people have a huge office right in BKK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Just another photo op for "Big Joke." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmitry2222 Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Victimizing victims once again instead of helping them.....good one Thailand. Why your homeland country can not give an asylum for these victims? 3 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sawadee1947 Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 Thailand's govt shows it's real face: The inhuman system of dictatorship. Shame on you Prayuth and cronies.☹️ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Dmitry2222 said: Why your homeland country can not give an asylum for these victims? My homeland, the US, now I don't think that's possible for asylum there, but Thailand could but won't. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PETERTHEEATER Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 Just charge them the national park fee at foreigner rate and ship them back to Bangladesh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyinBangrak Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Good decision. I wonder if undocumented Rohingyas were allowed to vote in Thai elections whether Prayuth would throw open both arms to the them urging them to storm the Thai islands and shower them with cash, smartphones,healthcare and other goodies and perhaps free transport to Thai provinces of their choosing? An interesting thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I hope they don't try and charge them the "farang" price for entering a national park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 Better than the UK approach, they put up over 10k illegals this year in hotels, as well as money every week, health checks and food. If you want to stop illegals entering your country which is more likely to stop them arriving? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Dmitry2222 said: Why your homeland country can not give an asylum for these victims? Because it's not in China's best interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, proton said: Better than the UK approach, they put up over 10k illegals this year in hotels, as well as money every week, health checks and food. If you want to stop illegals entering your country which is more likely to stop them arriving? The facts in evidence are that the folks they paid to take them to Malaysia dropped them on the Island which is Thai Soil. They had never intended to or tried to enter Thailand illegally. As repressed Rohingya who have more than likely been pushed out of Myanmar into the Cox bazar area of Bangladesh, they were trying to get a start elsewhere where they could live and enjoy life. Many of them are Muslim and ergo why they go and try and work in Malaysia. Thailand's charging them with illegal entry is just plain old BS, and instead they should be looking for the traffickers if they seriously want to be dropped on the tier they have been placed by the US as far as Human Trafficking goes. Charging them and sending them back to Bangladesh is akin to a death sentence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 It would be much better if these people would just stay in their home country of Bangladeshi. They have caused so much trouble for neighboring countries including Thailand. 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: My homeland, the US, now I don't think that's possible for asylum there, but Thailand could but won't. It's harder for Rohingyas refugees to reach the US but currently over 400 families have been accepted in Chicago. Note the same Thai government will send escaping North Koreans back to North Korea as "illegals." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts-khorat Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 18 minutes ago, Screaming said: It would be much better if these people would just stay in their home country of Bangladeshi. They have caused so much trouble for neighboring countries including Thailand. You are either silly or misinfomred. Those people are not coming from Bangladesh as their 'homeland'. Read up, before making really stupid-sounding comments: they reflect bad on you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 47 minutes ago, Screaming said: It would be much better if these people would just stay in their home country of Bangladeshi. They have caused so much trouble for neighboring countries including Thailand. Did you not read the post above where I explained they were from Myanmar but persecuted and pushed across the river into Cox Bazar, they are repressed peoples. Bangladesh is not their home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyinBangrak Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Srikcir said: It's harder for Rohingyas refugees to reach the US but currently over 400 families have been accepted in Chicago. Note the same Thai government will send escaping North Koreans back to North Korea as "illegals." A weekend in Mayor Lightfoots Chicago Ill bet they rush to OHare and try to get back to the peaceful and harmonious sea life. She said violent crime is on a downward trajectory, a complete lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300sd Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Screaming said: It would be much better if these people would just stay in their home country of Bangladeshi. They have caused so much trouble for neighboring countries including Thailand. Perhaps one day you will be in their shoes. Then you will be whistling a different tune! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 8 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said: Just charge them the national park fee at foreigner rate and ship them back to Bangladesh. And don't forget to count them as 'tourists'... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry2222 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 10:35 AM, ThailandRyan said: My homeland, the US, now I don't think that's possible for asylum there, but Thailand could but won't. What about tens of thousands latinas on the south border of the US? Could but won't? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunjeff Posted June 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 5:33 AM, ThailandRyan said: Victimizing victims once again instead of helping them.....good one Thailand. ...and this is why Thailand is perpetually watchlisted in the US's Trafficking in Persons report. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 35 minutes ago, Dmitry2222 said: What about tens of thousands latinas on the south border of the US? Could but won't? ???? Are they refugee's fleeing mass murder of their citizens and genocide from the Myanmar military with some forced off their own land into Bangladesh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple1 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 10:13 AM, hotchilli said: Why charge them? Just return them safely unless the can prove that they are in danger if they return then they can claim asylum. They would be unable to claim asylum if resident in Myanmar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Sad to see joker boy about again. A nasty specimen of the badness in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stubby Posted June 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 3:11 PM, Screaming said: It would be much better if these people would just stay in their home country of Bangladeshi. They have caused so much trouble for neighboring countries including Thailand. Well said Mr. Nice Guy. How DARE the most persecuted minority in the world try to seek a little safety and security for their families. Shame on them for even dreaming! There for the grace of…. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple1 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 6:11 PM, Screaming said: It would be much better if these people would just stay in their home country of Bangladeshi. They have caused so much trouble for neighboring countries including Thailand. Rohingya are not recognised as citizens by the Bengladesh government, they are detained indefinately in refugee camps - many of whom are Stateless as their citizenship has been revoked by Myanmar dictatorship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 In Myanmar, many people call Rohingya illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and refer to them as “Bengalis,” which the Rohingya widely consider an insult. 2017 article: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-rohingya-crisis-speech/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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