metisdead Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Inflammatory posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim armstrong Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Homelessness is not a simple issue. I doubt that many are mentally ill, but for sure there will be some. But they will get help because they attract attention. But many homeless who have guilt,shame and depression about their situation, as others have said, are too reluctant to make contact with their families. For them deportation is the answer as they have gone past the point of making any decisions for themselves. In their own countries they will have more choice, and probably won't remain homeless. The homeless drug and alcohol abusers are a bigger problem, and are more likely to have mental illness as well as various physical health problems. They may well die here, and are more likely to need thailands' hospitals and be a burden on the community, especially if they have HIV. What to do with them ? Mandatory short term rehab. in Thannabrook the no holds barred Thai rehab centre, then home, with some costs coming form whatever social security they will receive. The interesting thing is that the numbers are probably not great, but it would seem there hasn't been a proper survey done yet. It's also the responsibilty of the person's country to 'assist' them. It says that on the inside of most passport covers. But it seems increasingly the case that embassies and consulates are not that keen on 'asisting' their own nationals anymore. Australia is about to charge a fee for doing this. Maybe if some donor nations funded a small scale project via IOM or CARITAS or another international relief agency that would help. But for sure Thailand will continue to ignore the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misab Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 don't Thai to me Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazw57 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I find it hard to have sympathy for anyone who ends up homeless in Thailand. They must have had money at one time to get to Thailand in the first place and they should have enough sense to return to their own country before the money run out. Or maybe they are hiding in Thailand because they are scared of being arrested or have debts or responsibilities back home they are trying to avoid? No matter what the reason Thailand should not be responsible for looking after these people and they should be put in the care of thier home country Embassy in Bangkok and sent back home as soon as possible. Thailand has more then enough of its own poor people to care for without the extra burdon of having stupid foreigners here that should have known better and gone back when they had the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copa8 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 There would be no homeless foreigners if Thailand had a decent law preventing Thai girls from cheat partners, nomination for one of the dumbest posts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazw57 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I couldn't agree more, what a silly idea. We are not talking about 5 year old kids here, these are grown men who should have enough sense to know better. Let the buyer beware. ...if you get duped by a Thai women then good luck to her and poor fool you quote name="copa8" post="7332061" timestamp="1390446805"] There would be no homeless foreigners if Thailand had a decent law preventing Thai girls from cheat partners, nomination for one of the dumbest posts here. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson86 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 How xan thailand be responsible for other countries' homeless people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackandjim Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 There would be no homeless foreigners if Thailand had a decent law preventing Thai girls from cheat partners, nomination for one of the dumbest posts here. no its the winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackandjim Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 How xan thailand be responsible for other countries' homeless people? there letting Thais use thaivisa now i suppose....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserhof43 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 How can you resort to sleeping rough in Thailand ,eating out the bins thay had a chance to go with their Return ticket, I just can't think of something so gruesome no money no food sitting in the baking sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I remember the my first time in Thailand back in the late 90s seeing quite a few old junkie hippy farangs with legs missing, I'm guessing from drug complications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Who's going to pay for their flights back home? Who's going to take care of them when they're back in their home countries? The tax payers again, of course! Tough luck to the lot of the I say. Leave them where they are! Who knows, but maybe they're happier being poor and broke in Thailand than back in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Depressing...and there are homeless foreigners in most asian countries. It would be nice to offer more help to some but the reality is that there is little we can do except encourage them to go back to their home countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserhof43 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Don't get carried away, I can't think of something worse,no money and eating out of bins with that sun beating on your head,sod Thai wives keep your money have a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I remember the my first time in Thailand back in the late 90s seeing quite a few old junkie hippy farangs with legs missing, I'm guessing from drug complications. Or leg donors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Yes the country should change its mindset towards foreigners. Just give it a century or two perhaps to happen. Edited July 23, 2015 by jerojero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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