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DNA tests to decide access to welfare

A health official draws blood from the left foot of a boy so as to carry out a DNA test for proof of nationality at Tha Muang district office in Kanchanaburi. (Photo by Mongkol Bangprapa)

KANCHANABURI: The Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS), the National Health Security Office (NHSO) and the Human Settlement Foundation (HSF) have joined forces to carry out DNA testing on 45 stateless individuals to determine their ethnic background and rights to state welfare programmes.

On March 9, a group of 45 stateless people living in Muang, Tha Muang and Sangkhla Buri districts and came to Tha Muang district office to provide their DNA samples, which will then be compared to samples provided by their relatives who are confirmed and listed as Thai nationals.

If their DNA samples match and suggest familial…

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