Over 1,600 Myanmar nationals arrested in March for attempting illegal entry to Thailand

YANGON, April 5 (Eleven Media Group/ANN): Although the number of illegal migrants into Thailand has significantly reduced, over 1,600 Myanmar workers were arrested in March for illegally entering Thailand from various border gates, as learnt from the people concerned with the workers' affairs.

Moe Gyo, chairman of JACBA engaging in the affairs of Myanmar workers based in Mae Sot, said that in March illegal entries from border gates had reduced, that compared to entries in other months the number of illegal migrants in March was reduced, and in spite of that over 1600 illegal migrants had been caught as stated by the Thai news release.