On June 18, 2024, Thai authorities apprehended 56 Burmese individuals for illegally crossing into Thailand via Sangkhlaburi, Kanchanaburi. The Sangkhlaburi police, immigration officers, and associated units were summoned following an anonymous tip-off about a large group of Burmese navigating through the wooded areas along Road 323 to bypass a local police checkpoint.

 

The alerted officials promptly arrived at the location and detained the group, comprising men, women, and children from Burma, who had unlawfully entered the country. These individuals confessed to illegally entering Thailand with the intention of finding job opportunities in the central region of the country.

 

The detainees revealed they paid 16,000 baht each to Burmese middlemen to assist with their unauthorized crossing. They were due to be transported by Thai drivers to provinces like Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Nonthaburi, and Bangkok for jobs before the Kanchanaburi authorities stopped and detained them.

 

The illegal immigrants were initially held by Thai immigration officers, who will pursue further legal actions and plan to deport them back to Burma.

 

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-- 2024-06-18

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

They were due to be transported by Thai drivers to provinces like Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Nonthaburi, and Bangkok for jobs before the Kanchanaburi authorities stopped and detained them.

Thailand still in the thick of people trafficking and illegal employment.

Send them back . Their behavior is unacceptable. You can see them a lot in MBK or in Pattaya or Phuket , very rough . Impolite 

I wonder if this could somehow be related to the civil war going on across the border in Myanmar.  How'za bout a little compassion for people who are getting shot at?

 

I used to spend weekends at a temple near 3 Pagodas and was amazed at how easy it was to walk across the border along that highway.  And how hard it was to tell who was Burmese and who was Thai.  Of course, I stuck out like a sore thumb...