BANGKOK, Dec 12 (Xinhua): Six Vietnamese nationals, three of whom are children, were rounded up on Thursday (Dec 10) after they had illegally entered Thai territory in an eastern province, said an army officer.
The two women, three girls aged six, 10 and 13 years old, and one man were arrested by the Thai army's Ta Phraya task force in a Thai-Cambodian border area of Khok Soong district of Sa Kaeo province, according to deputy task force commander Col Chalermkiat Sirisomboon.
The undocumented Vietnamese, being held for the mandatory 14-day quarantine under anti-pandemic measures, will be returned to their home country, Col. Chalermkiat said.
The illegal aliens had hired a Cambodian male to transport them on a pickup truck from inside Cambodia to the Thai-Cambodian border area and managed to slip in the Thai territory through a natural border path, the deputy task force commander said.
They had been allegedly headed for a restaurant on Bangkok's northwestern outskirts, where they would otherwise have been given jobs illegally.
Thailand has seen a spate of Covid-19 cases at their borders in recent weeks.
As of Friday, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Thailand had risen to 4,180 (1,192 in state quarantine). Of these, 217 are in hospital, 3,903 have recovered and been discharged, while 60 have died.
According to Worldometer, as of Friday the number of confirmed cases worldwide since the outbreak had risen to 70.71 million, 49.13 million of whom have recovered and 1.58 million have succumbed to the infection.
Thailand ranks 151st globally, while the US has the most cases with 16.03 million, followed by India (9.79 million), Brazil (6.78 million), Russia (2.56 million) and France (2.33 million). - XInhua
The two women, three girls aged six, 10 and 13 years old, and one man were arrested by the Thai army's Ta Phraya task force in a Thai-Cambodian border area of Khok Soong district of Sa Kaeo province, according to deputy task force commander Col Chalermkiat Sirisomboon.
The undocumented Vietnamese, being held for the mandatory 14-day quarantine under anti-pandemic measures, will be returned to their home country, Col. Chalermkiat said.
The illegal aliens had hired a Cambodian male to transport them on a pickup truck from inside Cambodia to the Thai-Cambodian border area and managed to slip in the Thai territory through a natural border path, the deputy task force commander said.
They had been allegedly headed for a restaurant on Bangkok's northwestern outskirts, where they would otherwise have been given jobs illegally.
Thailand has seen a spate of Covid-19 cases at their borders in recent weeks.
As of Friday, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Thailand had risen to 4,180 (1,192 in state quarantine). Of these, 217 are in hospital, 3,903 have recovered and been discharged, while 60 have died.
According to Worldometer, as of Friday the number of confirmed cases worldwide since the outbreak had risen to 70.71 million, 49.13 million of whom have recovered and 1.58 million have succumbed to the infection.
Thailand ranks 151st globally, while the US has the most cases with 16.03 million, followed by India (9.79 million), Brazil (6.78 million), Russia (2.56 million) and France (2.33 million). - XInhua
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