Anutin Pushes to Accelerate Deportations of Foreign Offenders

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered officials to prepare legal changes that would speed up the deportation of foreign nationals involved in crime. Current procedures generally require suspects to complete the Thai legal process before they can be removed from the country. Authorities are concerned that some defendants released on bail may return to illegal activities while their cases remain unresolved. The proposed amendments will be developed by the Immigration Bureau, Interior Ministry and relevant government officials while taking Thailand’s international obligations into account. The initiative forms part of a wider campaign against transnational crime, call-centre scams, illegal nominee businesses and other offences involving foreign networks.