More than 6,000 people have been caught on charges of illegal entry since May, said the Immigration Bureau.
The office announced on Tuesday that 6,421 people had been arrested on illegal entry charges nationwide since May 1, when the country’s borders were mostly shut to stem the spread of Covid-19.
It has been reported many slipped across the border to avoid the 14-day mandatory quarantine, raising the fear of imported infections which could trigger local transmission of the virus.
The bureau’s announcement followed the disclosure by the immigration office in Chon Buri of the arrest of three Thai men involved in illegally importing and exporting workers through natural border channels in tambon…
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