266 Thais, Trapped in Myanmar amid Fighting Return to Thailand
A total of 266 Thai nationals who had evacuated from Laukkaing in northern Myanmar to seek refuge in Kunming, China, have now returned to Thailand.
A total of 266 Thai nationals who had evacuated from Laukkaing in northern Myanmar to seek refuge in Kunming, China, have now returned to Thailand.
More than 100 soldiers were additionally deployed to patrol the border in Mae Sot district of Tak to stem illegal crossing from Myawaddy.
Thailand logged three new cases of the novel coronavirus comprising two quarantined arrivals and one detected at a health screening checkpoint, reported the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Nineteen Thai workers have returned home after being stranded in Laos during COVID-19 lockdown for five months.
More Thai people stranded in Egypt will return on June 24.
Two Cambodians and six Thai workers have been arrested for illegal logging after removing a large Siamese rosewood tree in a wildlife sanctuary in the northeastern Si Sa Ket province.
The army chief orders soldiers to be ready for Thai returnees who will cross the border back to homeland from April 18 onwards.
The government will be able to receive Thai returnees from other countries on the condition that their daily arrivals are limited at 200
The government prepares quarantine facilities to receive 200 Thai returnees a day and is considering financial aid for the people stranded in other countries
The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assured that Thai embassies and consulates-general take good care of Thai people
Nearly 200 Thais have returned to Thailand after being stranded in Malaysia due to border closure to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thai people working and studying in Malaysia continue to return home on the first day of movement restriction imposed by the Malaysian government to control the spread of the coronavirus.