Police Arrest 60 Migrant Workers In Songkhla

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Police arrest 60 migrant workers in Songkhla

HAT YAI, June 21 (TNA) – Police here detained 60 illegal foreign migrant labourers in Hat Yai district of Thailand's southern border province of Songkhla over the weekend.

The raid was aimed at a housing area in Hat Yai municipality after a report that it was sheltering numerous illegal migrant workers, Pol. Col Prabpal Meemongkhol, deputy commander of the Provincial Police Region 9 investigation division.

More than 60 foreign workers, mostly Myanmar nationals, were detained.

According to police, the workers illegally entered Thailand through Ranong with help of Thai brokers, who later sent them to their employers. The

workers will be deported to their countries.

Statistics from the Foreign Labour Protection Division of the Ministry of Labour said that legal action was taken against 46 employers and 2,251 illegal foreign

workers in May. Most of the arrested illegal migrant workers in that reporting period -- 1,511 were Cambodians, followed by 530 Myanmar nationals and 188 Lao.

During the eight months from October 2009 through May this year, legal action was taken against 599 employers and 16,015 illegal migrant workers including 7,031 Myanmar nationals, 6,149 Cambodians and 1,668 Lao. (TNA)

-- TNA 2010/06/21