Tachilek, 25 March
Nine illegal Myanmar migrant workers who worked illegally in Thailand were handed over by Thai authorities to their Myanmar counterparts at No 2 Myanmar-Tachilek Friendship Bridge in Tachilek this morning.
The Thai authorities handed over the Myanmar migrant workers who were without proper documents to Myanmar through Myanmar departmental officials and local authorities of relevant departments.
The returnee workers are sent to their places of origin after being provided with health care with the help of the Township General Administration Department, Labor, Immigration and Population Department, Anti-trafficking in Persons Division of Myanmar Police Force, department of Labor, Caring and Negotiating Committee for Myanmar Citizens In Mae Sai, Thailand (CNCMC).
Altogether 482 illegal Myanmar migrants workers—301 male, 161 female and 20 children—were handed over by the Thailand to Myanmar between 1 January and March 25 this year.—Sai Aung Zaw Lin
