Illegal Bangladeshi Job Seekers Arrested in Songkhla
Immigration police on Wednesday arrested 10 Bangladeshi migrants for illegal entry and four Thais involving in transporting them to seek jobs in Malaysia.
Immigration police on Wednesday arrested 10 Bangladeshi migrants for illegal entry and four Thais involving in transporting them to seek jobs in Malaysia.
Seventy-seven illegal migrants tested positive for COVID-19 during their detention at an immigration police facility in Bang Khen district, the immigration chief said.
The Bureau of General Communicable Diseases has warned people not to be reckless with the coronavirus disease 2019 that produces similar symptoms as common colds.
Fourteen contacts of Myanmar migrants, who returned from Thailand to their home country and were found to be infected with Covid-19, tested negative for the coronavirus, said Ayutthaya governor Panu Yaemsri.
The Director of the Bureau of General Communicable Diseases has proposed the suspension of labor import from Myanmar until its coronavirus disease 2019 situation improves.
More migrants from Myanmar have been caught trying to illegally enter Thailand in hope of finding jobs as the border has been sealed off to prevent the risk of imported COVID-19 cases.
Thai authorities intensify security measures in areas bordering Myanmar amid concerns over possible surge of COVID-19 infection caused by illegal migrants.
Authorities in Ranong province repatriated 30 illegal Myanmar migrants through Tak and Chiang Rai provinces after their legal cases were finalized.
Twenty three illegal migrants from Myanmar were arrested while camping in a forest in Thailand’s Prachaup Khiri Khan province and waiting for transport to Malaysia.