Police step up security to prevent Rohingya ''scapes'

To prevent Rohingya illegal immigrants fleeing shelters in the South in order to stay or work in Thailand illegally, police have been instructed to guard them around the clock, a senior officer said Tuesday.

Pol Colonel Surachet Hakphal was referring to intelligence reports that Thai and Rohingya agents, disguised as visitors or donors, had approached the migrants and tried to convince them to escape from the shelters in order to work illegally in Thailand, likely using the Bt300 daily minimum wage as an incentive.

More than 1,300 Rohingya are residing temporarily in numerous shelters in several southern provinces. At all shelters, non-Thai visitors will be especially carefully monitored and required to register, the officer said.



The Nation