Authorities rounded up 503 foreigners for overstaying their visas, illegally entering Thailand and other crimes during simultaneous searches at 217 locations around the country early Friday.
Immigration Police Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj-General Itthipol
Itthisarnronnachai says the raids are part of the government’s crackdown
on transnational scammers, card skimmers and drug traffickers, as well
as foreigners breaking immigration laws.
The searches took place at locations including four schools, 73
private firms and shops, six service establishments and 50 hotels and
hostels, he said.4 Iranians,3 Lao, two Russians and an American, an Indian, a Chinese and a Mongolian were charged with overstaying their visas.
94 Lao, 86 Burmese, 68 Cambodians, 2 Vietnamese and an Indian and South Korean were charged with entering the country illegally.
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There was an additional 121 Thais, 50 Cambodians, 40 Burmese, 6 Lao, 6
Vietnamese, 3 Indians, 2 Filipinos, 2 Chinese, 2 Australians, 2
Russians and a Briton, a South Korean, a Greek and a German who were
detained on numerous other charges.
He said 43 separate operations were included in the clampdown and resulted in the arrest of 6,971 foreigners.
Last year in October, following a deadline set by the Thai PM to seek
out, arrest and deport overstayers and criminals, it was declared there
were no more illegal foreigners living in Thailand.
Source - TheNation
