PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has sent an estimated 40,000 illegal Cambodian migrant workers back to Cambodia since early this month, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered 150 military trucks to take them from the border to their home provinces, a senior official said Friday.
"We estimate that around 40,000 migrant workers have poured over the border from Thailand since early this month," Ngor Mengchruon, governor of Poipet City, where the Cambodia-Thailand International Border Checkpoint is located, told Xinhua via telephone.
He said local authorities and the Cambodian Red Cross are standing by to assist those returnees and have provided them with food, water and cash to travel back home.
"Moreover, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday afternoon ordered 150 military trucks to transport those migrant workers back to their home provinces," he said.
According to Mengchruon, more migrant workers will be expelled from Thailand in coming days.
On Wednesday, Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the massive deportation was due to the Thai military coup, which forced factories and enterprises to stop using illegal migrant workers.
The business establishments had to allow illegal workers to return to their home countries.
He also dismissed news reporting that Thai military had shot Cambodian workers.
The deportation came just weeks after Thailand's army declared martial law and seized control of the government in a coup late last month.
2 comments:
The number of Cambodians left Thailand recently is now at 80,000 plus. That's a huge number, reaching a catastrophe.
his is an activitity report on the land concessions based on the fire detected. The activities in the North and North East zones with the Vietnamese land concession are very active:
http://mangomap.com/maps/3812/Cambodia%20Land%20Concession%20Fires#
But look at the number of disputes recorded. The disputes in the North and North East zones with the Vietnamese are very low, to almost non-existent.
http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-shameful-milestone.html#more
How many Cambodians who came to Thailand because they were the victims of land concessions with Vietnam?
How many Cambodians who came to Thailand because they were the victims of land concessions with other countries, not Vietnam?
Vietnam has been trying to save the Cambodians by building plantations to provide jobs for the locals, yet the CNRP continues to play race cards to provoke fights, and denying progress, jobs to the Cambodian poors.
I urge the Cambodian government to take "strong" measure to protect the poors from the CNRP.
-Drgunzet-
where is UN? why UN did not condemn Thai junta for doing this to Khmer where is human right?
Khmer just talk about Khmer Vietnamese illegal migrant then UB envoy complain that is not fair to Khmer.
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