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35 Victims Found, Are Smuggling Routes Still Thriving in Thailand?
May 09, 2017
35 Victims Found, Are Smuggling Routes Still Thriving in Thailand?
Migrant workers are detained by a military personnel during a crack down on illegal migrant workers at a market in Bangkok,Reuters.
Human smuggling is a serious issue worldwide. Thai police found 35 migrants from Myanmar abandoned and wandering in a southern forest on Friday, raising fears that smuggling and trafficking routes are flourishing despite a crackdown by authorities.The 28 men and seven women were discovered by villagers in Tha Sala district in Nakorn Si Thammarat province, police said. They were on their way to Malaysia and had no identification cards on them.
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These came from Myanmar, to the West.
Thailand has gotten many refugees from Laos and Cambodia in the past, during the Communist reigns which still goes on in Laos.