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Saturday 31 October 2009

400 Khmers seeking works in Thailand arrested and repatriated

The 400 returnees walking along the street in Poipet to find a place to stay.

By Khmerization

A group of 400 Khmer would-be migrant workers, including children and old people, who are trying to cross into Thailand to find works have been arrested by Thai police on 27th October and repatriated to Cambodia on the same day, reports Koh Santepheap.

The group had been arrested 20 metres from the Khmer border at Robieng Checkpoint near Poipet. They said they came from Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces and are looking for works in Thailand as their homes, rice crops and farms have been destroyed by Typhoon Ketsana recently.

The groupd had been handed over to Khmer authority at Poipet International Checkpoint. They were encouraged to return home. However, they said that they have no homes to return to and will make another attempt to cross the borders again in the hope that they can find works to feed their families.

Many Cambodians had risked their life attempting to cross the borders to find works in Thailand and often they have been arrested and beaten before being repatriated by Thai authority. Some were even maimed and killed by Thai troops and police.

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