Foreign labour poses new threat
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Expert warns of menacing 4th wave
published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
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Authorities have vowed to take tough legal action against illegal migrant workers and smugglers as new Covid-19 infection clusters were detected at workplaces employing foreign migrants.
The move comes as a public health expert warned the new and highly dangerous variant of Covid-19 found in India could slip across the border with illegal migrants if left unchecked.
Immigration Bureau (IB) chief Sompong Chingduang told the
Bangkok Post that the IB has not yet reopened any border crossings. It has worked with other security agencies, border patrol police and soldiers to step up border surveillance to prevent the entry of illegal migrants as the country struggles with a third wave of infections.
Five recent Covid-19 imports from neighbouring countries have underscored the danger of the virus being brought into Thailand by illegal border crossers, authorities say.
Thailand must act in Myanmar fiasco
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Editorial Bangkok Post editorial column
published : 2 May 2021 at 04:00
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In less than a week, any sense of optimism about a possible peace process getting under way in Myanmar seems to have evaporated.
Only two days after an Asean summit in Jakarta on April 24 a much-awaited event when coup-maker Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing attended to discuss a peace process with Asean leaders Myanmar soldiers clashed with ethnic groups in areas close to the Thai border.
On April 27, about 250 Thai villagers in Mae Sam Laep village in Mae Sariang district, in the border province of Mae Hong Son, fled the skirmish.
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