More than 100,000 illegal foreigners rounded up since October 2015

Source: tnamcot

BANGKOK: -- Immigration police have announced that more than 100,000 illegal foreigners have been rounded up in the nine months since October of last year. Most of those arrested for being in the kingdom illegally are from Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Figures for June showed that a total of 11,296 had been caught of which 5,418 were from Myanmar, 2,798 from Laos and 2,044 from Cambodia. Some 1,036 others were from other different countries, reported tnamcot.

March saw nearly 15,000 arrested but May was just over 8,000. Most were deported and blacklisted so that they will not be able to return even legally for some time.

Meanwhile in other immigration related news a gang of Cameroon nationals were rounded up with a pile of incriminating evidence. Silvanas Gabila Fonsam, Rose Oneke Bu and Esu Akboneke were caught with 48 fake stamps in Ramkhamhaeng Soi 180 on Tuesday, reported tnamcot. The stamps bore the insignia of the immigration police, the education department and universities. Police also found fake student papers, fake diplomas and educational transcripts.

Source tnamcot

There was also evidence of irregular marriage certificates and criminal background check forms from the Cameroon as well as fake bank guarantee forms.

All the suspects had their right to stay rescinded and were handed over to the relevant authorities for further action.

Two men were also arrested for passport irregularities in Rayong. Nadour Hakim, an Algerian and Attiq Ur Rehman had their right to remain in Thailand removed and were processed for deportation.

Sources: tnamcot, tnamcot

-- 2016-06-30

So they take your shoes and give you a free T Shirt.

Immigration police arrest foreigners on grounds of passport fraud and drug smuggling

BANGKOK, 30 June 2016 (NNT) - The Immigration Bureau this week arranged a news conference to announce the arrests of foreign suspects who have been hiding in Thailand. The suspects’ offences include passport fraud and drug trafficking.

Commander of the Immigration Bureau Pol.Lt.Gen. Natthon Phroasunthon said the first suspect arrested by immigration bureau officers was an Australian man who was the leader of a drug trafficking network. He was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport after New Zealand asked Thailand to arrest him on the grounds of smuggling 538-kilogram Methamphetamine Hydrochloride into the country.

A New Zealand police representative in Thailand thanked Thai officials for their cooperation in the arrest.

The other four suspects are a Pakistani man, an Algerian man and two Cameroonian men. They were arrested on the grounds of passport fraud.

Immigration Bureau police officers have already revoked the suspects’ entry permits and will send them back to their home countries.


-- NNT 2016-06-30

Where are the folks arguing for them not to be deported? Doesn't Thailand have sanctuary cities or driver's licenses for illegals?

They deport 100,000 and 200,000 others, and some even the same deportees, comes back the next day

with the aid of corrupt officials....... soon the immigration department will run out of yellow shirts to give....

That's pretty good going, well done.

Another 'get the foreigners - they're to blame for everything' campaign coming to a theatre near you...

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I'm sure the most skillful western overstayers here go to the temple, wear lots of amulets and yellow shirts and heap loads of praise on their local leaders and police when an opportunity arises. They probably take lots of pictures with them too. Kissass living.

Donald Trump would be proud of Thailand.

I seriously doubt those figures

It would suggest a high degree of efficiency from the thai authorities

Even if it only cost 1000 baht to process each individual, 100,000 would mean the government spent 100 million baht on this

Thexit the Asean!

Proving once again young males are 10x more likely to pull a fast one on you than females. (affairs of the heart excluded)

I'm sure the most skillful western overstayers here go to the temple, wear lots of amulets and yellow shirts and heap loads of praise on their local leaders and police when an opportunity arises. They probably take lots of pictures with them too. Kissass living.

You sound like you are guessing ... and a poor one.

How long have you lived in Thailand ?

Good Job!! Throw the bums out!!!

538-kilogram Methamphetamine Hydrochloride........thats a bloody big backpack

Another 'get the foreigners - they're to blame for everything' campaign coming to a theatre near you...

W

Did you not read the part that said they were here illegally? That means they were breaking the law. Foreigner or not, there are consequences for breaking the law, and in this case, it is deportation. Thailand is sovereign country, not some free-for-all where all can come and do as they please.

By your logic, when the police make a drug bust, it is part of some evil conspiracy to demonize drug dealers.

Another 'get the foreigners - they're to blame for everything' campaign

By all appearances this is an 'enforce the law' campaign.

However it's good to see that this forum provides a place to complain when officials don't enforce laws, and then again when they do.

It says "I got arrested in Thailand and I all got was this stupid t-shirt!"

Another 'get the foreigners - they're to blame for everything' campaign

By all appearances this is an 'enforce the law' campaign.

However it's good to see that this forum provides a place to complain when officials don't enforce laws, and then again when they do.

It's not the enforcing of laws, but rather which ones and against whom.

Edited June 30, 201610 yr by BudRight

I seriously doubt those figures

It would suggest a high degree of efficiency from the thai authorities

Even if it only cost 1000 baht to process each individual, 100,000 would mean the government spent 100 million baht on this

Or they make money out of it? Like costs you this much to exit or you go to prison (if you see that overstayer might have money) or we have this "special visa" for you only for etc.. I think the Thais are very good at this It could be that they made 200 million bath in tea money.

...Some 1,036 others were from other different countries....Police also found fake student papers, fake diplomas and educational transcripts....There was also evidence of irregular marriage certificates and criminal background check forms from the Cameroon as well as fake bank guarantee forms....

And some wonder why immigration officers sometimes question some documents or require additional documents routinely not asked for during an extension of stay renewal. No shortage bad apple applicants who make it tougher for all the good apple applicants.

By the looks of this trash that was

Rounded up, they can probably

Be blamed for a lot criminal activity!!!

I seriously doubt those figures

It would suggest a high degree of efficiency from the thai authorities

Even if it only cost 1000 baht to process each individual, 100,000 would mean the government spent 100 million baht on this

I have a nice calculator I can sell you if you want. It would be 10 million not 100 million

Donald Trump would be proud of Thailand.

Beats Obamas plan to just hand out green cards to everyone with a slice of apple pie.

....when will they begin policing their own.....

So they take your shoes and give you a free T Shirt.

and a very nice mask too!

If the number of arrests being reported in accurate, it is apparent that the increased scrutiny many of us have felt while conducting business with immigration, may in fact be due to what may be characterized as a largely underreported problem--mass illegal immigration to Thailand from non-European and North American nations.

For most of us here on TV, these types of individuals will be largely unnoticed by us in our daily lives, but their presence in Thailand does appear to have a direct impact on the much smaller numbers of those who are attempting to legally stay here while meeting the requirements of the law. Taking aside the issues of system efficiency and similar, this report does give one better idea of the challenges facing Thai immigration in regards to illegal immigration, and how this crosses over into and impacts my own much smaller world...

Cheers!

Tip of the iceberg

Just curious but I wonder what the number of Thai's illegal in other countries would be? Many Asian countries have had problems with Thai's being illegal. Be interesting to know the figures.

Good they have caught these people but it is I think just the tip of the iceberg.

How many of the illegal foreigners from Myanmar, Laos or Cambodia (especially Myanmar) , were trafficed into Thailand and how many of the trafficers have been arrested?