Thailand to re-open land borders for citizens stuck in neighbour countries

A truck arrives from Malaysia at the Thai border post in Sungai Kolok in southern Thailand's Narathiwat province on April 1, 2020, as strict entry and exit restrictions were put in place in an effort to halt the spread of Covid-19. Thailand will now reopen its borders on April 17 to citizens who wish to return home. - AFP

BANGKOK (Xinhua): Thai Immigration Bureau on Thursday (April 16) announced that it will reopen 23 land borders on Saturday (April 17) so that Thai citizens from neighbouring countries can return home.

Thailand's border closures were imposed on March 20 as part of the state of emergency lockdown orders designed to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.