7,700 Illegal Immigrants Deported

[Jai Dee]

7,700 illegal immigrants deported

About 7,700 Laotian hill tribe members attempting to enter Thailand have been detained and will be deported back to their home nation.

The Commander of the Joint Civilian, Military, Police Special Task Force, Maj Gen Somchai Uttama (สมชาย อุตมะ), reports that authorities recently conducted a survey of 7,700 Laotian hill tribe members living on 200 rai of land in Khao Kho (เขาค้อ) district of Phetchabun province. The Internal Security Operations Command has assigned the Joint CMP Special Task Force to handle the matter.

Authorities will also be expediting the establishment of temporary utilities for the Laotian nationals, 30 percent of whom have been found to be residing on restricted Thai territory. All 7,700 Laotians are currently in the process of being deported since June 25th. All illegal immigrants are expected to be out of Thailand in 3 weeks.

The deportation process will adhere to Internal Security Operation Command protocols. The Laotian government has been informed of the matter and are extending their cooperation.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 30 June 2007

[geriatrickid]

The Laotian government has been informed of the matter and are extending their cooperation.

Does that mean that these poor souls will be greeted with open arms, hugs and some food?

[silverhawk_usa]

7,700 illegal immigrants deported

About 7,700 Laotian hill tribe members attempting to enter Thailand have been detained and will be deported back to their home nation.

The Commander of the Joint Civilian, Military, Police Special Task Force, Maj Gen Somchai Uttama (สมชาย อุตมะ), reports that authorities recently conducted a survey of 7,700 Laotian hill tribe members living on 200 rai of land in Khao Kho (เขาค้อ) district of Phetchabun province. The Internal Security Operations Command has assigned the Joint CMP Special Task Force to handle the matter.

Authorities will also be expediting the establishment of temporary utilities for the Laotian nationals, 30 percent of whom have been found to be residing on restricted Thai territory. All 7,700 Laotians are currently in the process of being deported since June 25th. All illegal immigrants are expected to be out of Thailand in 3 weeks.

The deportation process will adhere to Internal Security Operation Command protocols. The Laotian government has been informed of the matter and are extending their cooperation.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 30 June 2007

This is a very confusing article. The first paragraph makes it sound like a new group was being detained and deported. What they are now referring to as Laotian Hilltribe people are surely the Hmong who have been seeking asylum from Thailand and the U.S. for sometime and living in the refugee camp in Phetchabun.

It sounds like the Thai are finally doing the controversial and long discussed deportation of all the Hmong who have been in this camp. After Vang Pao's arrest in the U.S. and the revealing of the planned attacks in Vientiane, the Thai's have apparently decided to finally force the Hmong out of Thailand.

Definitely a "sanitized" report of this tragedy.

[Boater]

WOW, 7,700 people to be deported in 3 Weeks!!

Can the Thai Immergration please train up the UK immergration!

[lazeeboy]

WOW, 7,700 people to be deported in 3 Weeks!!

Can the Thai Immergration please train up the UK immergration!

7700 people ,seems they let this build up over a long time

[silverhawk_usa]

7,700 illegal immigrants deported

About 7,700 Laotian hill tribe members attempting to enter Thailand have been detained and will be deported back to their home nation.

The Commander of the Joint Civilian, Military, Police Special Task Force, Maj Gen Somchai Uttama (สมชาย อุตมะ), reports that authorities recently conducted a survey of 7,700 Laotian hill tribe members living on 200 rai of land in Khao Kho (เขาค้อ) district of Phetchabun province. The Internal Security Operations Command has assigned the Joint CMP Special Task Force to handle the matter.

Authorities will also be expediting the establishment of temporary utilities for the Laotian nationals, 30 percent of whom have been found to be residing on restricted Thai territory. All 7,700 Laotians are currently in the process of being deported since June 25th. All illegal immigrants are expected to be out of Thailand in 3 weeks.

The deportation process will adhere to Internal Security Operation Command protocols. The Laotian government has been informed of the matter and are extending their cooperation.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 30 June 2007

This is a very confusing article. The first paragraph makes it sound like a new group was being detained and deported. What they are now referring to as Laotian Hilltribe people are surely the Hmong who have been seeking asylum from Thailand and the U.S. for sometime and living in the refugee camp in Phetchabun.

It sounds like the Thai are finally doing the controversial and long discussed deportation of all the Hmong who have been in this camp. After Vang Pao's arrest in the U.S. and the revealing of the planned attacks in Vientiane, the Thai's have apparently decided to finally force the Hmong out of Thailand.

Definitely a "sanitized" report of this tragedy.

The above story is just plain INCORRECT! I am not sure of the source. A short time ago when 168 Hmong were deported it was International news, yet there are no follow ups what so ever to the above story that I can find. The logistics alone would be nearly impossible for both the Thai and Laos governments to carry out. I would rant about the impossibilities/problems of such a deportation but today (2-July) the following story is in The Nation which contradicts everything in the previous story.

Hmong move 'relief and headache'

The relocation of Laos-born Hmong from Ban Huay Nam Khao roadside quarters to a site a few kilometres away has drawn a mixed reaction from residents. The military said the move would be complete by next week.

The relocation will be a long one for many of the 7,000-plus Hmong. Thailand and Laos can repatriate about 2,000 only each year.

Thai-born Lao living at Ban Huay Nam Khao said the relocation was "a big relief" because it freed up room in the village.

Nevertheless, they are angered the refugees have been shifted to an area where they feed they animals. "This is a big headache," a village leader said.

"It's good they're leaving but it's bad they're now living in public and in a space where we feed our animals," explained village head Bee Sakcharoenchaikul.

State officials have allocated 1,500 rai for accommodation and cultivation for the 7,653 Laos-born Hmong.

The new site sports rows of bamboo huts surrounded by barbed wire for security.

Many of the Laos-born Hmong are happy because their huts are larger than before - they realise they may be there for years.

Many living in the camp claim they fought with the United States Central Intel-ligence Agency against the Communist Pathet Lao before the fall of Vientiane

in 1975. They fled alleged oppression.

Thailand regards these refugees as illegal or economic migrants. Laos, too, rejects claims of persecution and is working with Thailand to take them back.

The chance of these people being accepted by a third country is slim. Most countries accept dozens of re-fugees only, not thousands.

Repatriation is a long and involved process as both countries screen each refugee for places of birth, explained Lao Foreign Ministry spokes-man Yong Chanthalangsy.

"Laos can take a maximum of 200 people each trip and there are fewer than 10 trips a year," he said. He, too, agreed with the relocation to a new site in Thailand because of the time it would take to process all the Hmong.

"Basically, we send them back to their original homes. But, if any has sold their property, the government will allocate space for them," Yong added in an interview in Laos.

The Lao government is constructing a village somewhere between Vang Vieng and Kasy for some 100 Hmong households, he said.

Supalak G Khundee

The Nation

PHETCHABUN

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/02...al_30038869.php

[bruceboy]

The Hmong were the loyal allies of the Free World. Look how they are being treated while Muslims are running amok in the UK.