Fourth Army Region Commander, Lt General Kriangkrai Srirak, said the Covid-19 situation in Malaysia and the implementation of the Movement Control Order in the country had caused migrants to attempt to return home.
He said since October last year until Jan 22, the security forces had arrested 624 migrants comprising 408 Myanmar nationals, Laos (76), Cambodia (64) and Malaysia (21) who attempted to enter Thailand via rat trails at the border areas.
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