BANGKOK (Reuters) - Around 300 "boat people" have landed on Thailand's shores in recent weeks, Sek Wannamethee, director-general of the information department at Thailand's Foreign Ministry, said on Friday.
That was in addition to around a further 300 people who were already being held in temporary holding areas in the country, Sek said.
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