Thai, Cambodian officials cooperate to stamp out illegal border crossings

The Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are cooperating with Thai officials to crack down on illegal border crossing and illegally working in Sihanoukville. According to Preah Sihanouk provincial authority’s report for 2021 last year, officials deported 157 Thai nationals through the General Department of Immigration of Cambodia.

Preah Sihanouk provincial deputy governor, Long Dimanche, said yesterday that the provincial authority has held discussions with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently and both countries have set up methods to prevent illegal border crossings.

Both sides have implemented measures, such as boosting cooperation in investigations, providing the right information to each other and resolving cases of Thai people who are crossing the border illegally and working illegally in the province, Dimanche added. “Previously, there were Thai nationals illegally crossing the border to work in the province. Some of them came freely, while others had been scammed,” said Dimanche,
 

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