Thailand: Some 10,000 Rohingya 'will arrive soon'

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ROHINGYA
Some 10,000 Rohingya 'will arrive soon'
Boonleun Promprathankul
The Nation
Ranong

200 nabbed ahead of 'migrating season'

BANGKOK: -- THE authorities are stepping up measures to prevent the illegal inflow of Rohingya from neighbouring Myanmar.

Illegal entries by members of this ethnic group usually soar between November and April every year - after the monsoon period has ended.

The Rohingya - who are Muslim - have been fleeing for years from Myanmar's western Rakhine State, where they face severe repression in most facets of daily life by a government that regards them as "Bengalis" from Bangladesh.

"Security agencies have estimated that more than 10,000 Rohingya people will arrive in Thailand via Ranong and nearby provinces between next month and April next year," Deputy Ranong Governor Pinij Boonlert said yesterday.

Pinij was acting for the Ranong governor, who is the ex-officio chief of Ranong's Internal Security Operations Command, in instructing local authorities on how to address the Rohingya problem.

He said the illegal inflow of Rohingya meant Thailand would have to shoulder an extra burden. "It is a big problem."

But he said Thai law clearly stipulates that illegal migrants must be deported. The presence of illegal migrants could threaten national security and increase other risks.

During the past few days, officials have arrested more than 200 Rohingya in southern Thailand.

An informed source claimed some illegal migrants ran into the ocean when they spotted officials and were swept away by waves and not seen again. Their fate remained unknown as of press time.

Pinij said the ISOC had laid down guidelines to handle Rohingya issues.

"We shall treat them in line with humanitarian principles, respect for their human rights and international laws. But we will have to deport them," he said.

Focus on agents

And if an illegal migrant was found to be linked to an agent smuggling people, a probe would be launched to find the agent. "Such agents have flouted Thai laws," he said.

Pinij said the authorities believed there were many human smugglers because Rohingya were often found with mobile phones.

Relevant authorities plan to educate the public so people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country.

Pinij said a number of Rohingya used small fishing trawlers to travel some 1,400km from Myanmar's Maungdaw to Ranong. "They will usually hide on some nearby island, split into very small groups, then sneak into Thailand," he said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Some-10000-Rohingya-will-arrive-soon-30245403.html


-- The Nation 2014-10-14

[noitom]

A Thai "probe." Very effective tool in eliminating human trafficking in Thailand. We need more Thai "probes."

[englishoak]

migrating season...

Makes it sound like a herd of Bison..

Edited October 13, 2014 by englishoak

[canuckamuck]

How many scapegoats are needed in a year? Is 10,000 too many?

[SOTIRIOS]

...is it so organized that they can have a definite number.....

...and.....is someone making money off of this.....how can 10,000 people get across a border......???

[MexicanFarang]

How can 10,000 people cross a border?

Walk. ¡Ay Chihuahua!

Should be easier in a jungle than a desert...

[Dogmatix]

That's great. The pancake craze is arriving along with K-pop from Korea and we need more Rohingya illegals to sell these pancakes. They can also double up helping torture suspects when police need a rest from their important work.

[doremifasol]

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Edited October 14, 2014 by doremifasol

[Commerce]

"We shall treat them in line with humanitarian principles, respect for their human rights and international laws. But we will have to deport them," he said.

Well considering Thailand is an alleged member of the UN, they have rights to remain when seeking asylum, and Thailand should treat them as asylum seekers fleeing a vicious regime, and not be simply hell bent on getting 'this low life scum', as it sees them, merely deported a.s.a.p.

I am interested to know why the influx occurs after the monsoon period though. Don't want to get their feet wet?

[rickirs]

"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

[RubbaJohnny]

So tourism "FROM" dictatorship campaign swimmingly

[Orac]

Why not just kill two birds with one stone and reclassify them as tourists?

[useronthenet]

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"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Could say the same thing for Australia who have an appalling record of mistreating illegal immigrants.

[Bluespunk]

"The Rohingya - who are Muslim - have been fleeing for years from Myanmar's western Rakhine State, where they face severe repression in most facets of daily life by a government"

If the report must mention religion, they really should put the word Buddhist in between 'a' and 'government'.

Right after the words "xenophobic, religiously bigoted".

[Emster23]

"Pinij said the authorities believed there were many human smugglers because Rohingya were often found with mobile phones." Gotta love that Thai logic! While you are at it, arrest every Thai with mobile phone because they are probably working the other end of human smuggling pipeline. No one needs to text that much unless engaged in illegal activity!

[Wombat6]

"We shall treat them in line with humanitarian principles, respect for their human rights and international laws. But we will have to deport them," he said.

Well considering Thailand is an alleged member of the UN, they have rights to remain when seeking asylum, and Thailand should treat them as asylum seekers fleeing a vicious regime, and not be simply hell bent on getting 'this low life scum', as it sees them, merely deported a.s.a.p.

I am interested to know why the influx occurs after the monsoon period though. Don't want to get their feet wet?

Get real!! They originally entered Burma illegally. They are different in religion and ethnicity. They have no rights unless they apply for Asylum in the correct way. If they enter a country illegally, then they are criminals. Why would a Buddhist Nation like Thailand want 10,000 more Muslims when they can't handle the ones already here.

Can you imagine 10,000 buddhists arriving on the shores of Saudi Arabia and how they would be treated ??

[AGareth2]

label them as tourists

help TAT with their numbers

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

That's great. The pancake craze is arriving along with K-pop from Korea and we need more Rohingya illegals to sell these pancakes. They can also double up helping torture suspects when police need a rest from their important work.

Always look on the bright side of life, maybe a good time for investing in a Roti Pancake franchise?

[Wombat6]

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"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Could say the same thing for Australia who have an appalling record of mistreating illegal immigrants.

Easy for you to say but do you have any details of mistreatment ??

[Bluespunk]

"We shall treat them in line with humanitarian principles, respect for their human rights and international laws. But we will have to deport them," he said.

Well considering Thailand is an alleged member of the UN, they have rights to remain when seeking asylum, and Thailand should treat them as asylum seekers fleeing a vicious regime, and not be simply hell bent on getting 'this low life scum', as it sees them, merely deported a.s.a.p.

I am interested to know why the influx occurs after the monsoon period though. Don't want to get their feet wet?

Get real!! They originally entered Burma illegally. They are different in religion and ethnicity. They have no rights unless they apply for Asylum in the correct way. If they enter a country illegally, then they are criminals. Why would a Buddhist Nation like Thailand want 10,000 more Muslims when they can't handle the ones already here.

Can you imagine 10,000 buddhists arriving on the shores of Saudi Arabia and how they would be treated ??

There are 135 different Ethnic groups in Myanmar.

Not all are Buddhist.

The Rohingya are one of them and one of the most persecuted.

They are not illegal migrants. They have lived in this region for generations. Centuries according to some records.

[Rimmer]

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[AloisAmrein]

"We shall treat them in line with humanitarian principles, respect for their human rights and international laws. But we will have to deport them," he said.

The reality is completely different. Thailand is treating not only refugees against all human principles, but also the slave workers from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. For Thais anything is o.k, as long as you can make money out of it. But a huge outcry in Thai media, when Finland deports Thai workers, when they stay illegally in the country after the work contract has finished. Very much Thai logic.

[Commerce]

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"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Could say the same thing for Australia who have an appalling record of mistreating illegal immigrants.

Easy for you to say but do you have any details of mistreatment ??

c.f. Walkabout. They burnt a Beetle :'(

Mind you, Jenny was fit when I was 13.

[Mudcrab]

<script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script>

"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Could say the same thing for Australia who have an appalling record of mistreating illegal immigrants.

Easy for you to say but do you have any details of mistreatment ??

c.f. Walkabout. They burnt a Beetle :'(

Mind you, Jenny was fit when I was 13.

I think he meant the details in English. Quite a weird post.

[ableguy]

"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Serious question, why would any none Muslim country want to import thousands of Muslims ?? Look at othe bloody problems they cause in Europe in fact every where they are , either by being radical or not opposing the radicals, call me a racist but I am not however I do hate and abhor most organized religions , I am not against any other race only their perverse beliefs.

[ableguy]

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"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Could say the same thing for Australia who have an appalling record of mistreating illegal immigrants.

Easy for you to say but do you have any details of mistreatment ??

Idiotic post.

[cookee68]

migrating season...

Makes it sound like a herd of Bison..

they will just end up in the south with the rest of them, and if they are refused will shout racist and all that crap

[tonbridgebrit]

How many hundreds of thousands of Burmese are already in Thailand ? Actually, is it millions ? And how many of them are illegal migrant workers ? These are the people who work as slave labour for Thai companies.

Is ten thousand that much of a big deal ? So they're coming soon. This reminds me of all that nonsense about how a flood of Romanians was suppose to enter England at the beginning of this year. All that talk of the new rules regarding Eastern Europe. In the end, only a few hundred turned up in January 2014. It made a lot of people look pretty stupid.

[Bluespunk]

"... people understand that the presence of the illegal migrants could adversely affect the country."

Absolutely true. Their presence will trigger a new wave of inhumane treatment for which Thailand will have to defend as "Thainess" and lack of others' understanding. Thaland's rigid zenophobic policies toward Rohinya's will never indear it to membership to the UN Humantarian Council and that would be a good thing.

Serious question, why would any none Muslim country want to import thousands of Muslims ?? Look at othe bloody problems they cause in Europe in fact every where they are , either by being radical or not opposing the radicals, call me a racist but I am not however I do hate and abhor most organized religions , I am not against any other race only their perverse beliefs.

I wouldn't call anyone a racist who hates a faith, as religion has nothing to do with race and everything with an individuals right to choose the faith of their choice.

I'd say hating the followers of a faith (any faith) and refusing to allow them entry to a country based on the idea they are different is a bigotry not a racism.

Either that or someone who has been mislead by the lurid propaganda of bigots. Be they the terrorists who commit hideous atrocities to further their warped cause or those who use these crimes to further their equally warped campaigns of hate and intolerance.

Edited October 14, 2014 by Bluespunk

[empireboy]

"We shall treat them in line with humanitarian principles, respect for their human rights and international laws..... " Good to know! Any doubters?