Tachilek 18 June
Eight Myanmar migrant workers including five men and three women were sent back by the Thai authorities as their border passes have expired. The hand-over took place at Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge-2 yesterday.
Also present on the occasion were personnel from Tachilek District General Administration Department, the Labor Department, the Anti-human Trafficking Police Force, the Disaster Management Department and the Caring and Negotiating Committee for Myanmar Citizens (CNCMC), a Mai Sai-based welfare society. The returnee workers were sent to their places of origin after being provided with health care.
A total of 924 illegal Myanmar migrant workers including 608 men, 284 women and 32 children have been handed over by Thailand to Myanmar from January 1 to June 17 this year.—Sai Aung Zaw Lynn
Translated by JT
