‘We cannot stop them all’
Army’s major admission over border breaches
The army admitted on Monday that it was impossible to completely seal Thailand’s borders from illegal migrants, even as the Public Health Ministry confirmed the latest infection cluster at a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon was linked to migrant labourers.
“Illegal migrant labourers are still crossing the border using natural channels, even though we have deployed a legion of soldiers to guard the demarcation. Our border is 5,526 kilometres long,” said deputy army chief-of-staff and army spokesman Lt Gen Santipong Thammapiya.
He admitted illegal migrants were still sneaking…
