Migrant workers allowed to return to Thailand as country eases lockdown


BANGKOK (Xinhua): Thailand's Ministry of Labour stipulated on Thursday (July 23) that migrant workers with the rightful papers including the right to work in Thailand, will be allowed into the country, however warning that illegal migrants crossing into the borders will be deported immediately.

Thailand had since the Covid-19 outbreak been very concerned of illegal migrants who sneaked into Thailand, some of whom may have contracted Covid-19.

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