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13-02-2025, 08:22 AM
Deputy PM says Thailand is prepared for an influx and aims to repatriate foreigners quickly
Earlier Wednesday, Mr Phumtham said he was informed on Tuesday the Myanmar government was expected to send 53 foreigners to Phop Phra, because it could not afford to take care of them.
But the Defence Ministry later clarified that the number of had risen to 261. The 53 foreigners on the original list included Bangladeshis, Ethiopians, Kenyans and Filipinos.
Mr Phumtham said that while Thailand was aware that gangs were preparing to release trapped workers and sending them to Thailand, the country could not accept them all.
Thailand would not set up a refugee camp for foreigners coming from scam centres, he added.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...261-people
Earlier Wednesday, Mr Phumtham said he was informed on Tuesday the Myanmar government was expected to send 53 foreigners to Phop Phra, because it could not afford to take care of them.
But the Defence Ministry later clarified that the number of had risen to 261. The 53 foreigners on the original list included Bangladeshis, Ethiopians, Kenyans and Filipinos.
Mr Phumtham said that while Thailand was aware that gangs were preparing to release trapped workers and sending them to Thailand, the country could not accept them all.
Thailand would not set up a refugee camp for foreigners coming from scam centres, he added.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...261-people
