Thais act against illegal workers

Thais act against illegal workers

BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai immigration officials said yesterday they had launched a crackdown against Bangladeshi, Myanmar, Cambodian and Laotian workers entering the country illegally.

Spot checks at the airport on Bangladeshis arriving in the country led to the arrest on Thursday night of 67 of them holding fake visas, an immigration official said.

Yesterday morning, immigration authorities rounded up nearly 400 Myanmar people, Cambodian and Laotian workers who had entered the country illegally, he added.

The official did not say what action would be taken against the 400 who were picked up. The action follows complaints from Malaysia last week that Bangladeshi workers were using Thailand as a transit point for illegal entry into Malaysia, he added.