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Thai Attacks On Immigrant Workers
- Subject: Thai Attacks On Immigrant Workers
- From: strider@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 09:37:00
/* Written 11:57 am May 7, 1994 by lvpsf@xxxxxxxxxxx in igc:labr.asia */
/* ---------- "Thai Attacks On Immigrant Workers" ---------- */
THAI CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS
04/26/94
More than 600 foreigners, mostly Indians, have been arrested
over
the last five days for working illegally in Thailand, that
country's
Immigration Bureau announced.
Those arrested included 566 Indians, 2 Bangladeshis and 79
Burmese, said a statement from the bureau, which is part of the
police department. They had entered Thailand using tourist visas
and
had been peddling products such as clothing, nuts, Indian
pancakes
and mosquito nets without work permits, it said.
The bureau cracked down after Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai
complained about illegal foreign laborers and after members of
the
public supplied tips on their activities, the bureau said.
Because
they had held valid visas, these people previously had been fined
and released when they were caught selling their wares. However,
the
bureau decided to arrest them and cancel their visas to eliminate
any threat they posed to the economy and relieve police of the
burden of arresting them repeatedly, it added. (AP)