Some 10,000 Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand plan to return home via southern border


Migrant construction workers, some wearing face masks, travel in the back of a crew cab in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday (May 25). Thai government continue to ease restrictions related to running business in Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of Covid-19 while some workers now want to return home. - AP

BANGKOK/YANGON: Some 10,000 Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand have planned to return home via a southern border province, said a senior Thai government official on Monday (May 25)

An estimated 10,000 Myanmar migrant workers have reportedly contacted the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, seeking an official document with which they may leave Thailand for their home country via the southern province of Ranong, confirmed provincial governor Jatuphot Piyumputara.

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