Over 100 illegal Myanmar migrant workers sent home from Thailand

29 September 2019
Over 100 illegal Myanmar migrant workers sent home from Thailand
(File) Thai Marine police officers inspect documents and work permits from Myanmar migrant fishermen at a fishing port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, 19 March 2018. Photo: Rungroj Youngrit/EPA

At least 109 illegal Myanmar migrant workers have been sent back to their homeland from Thailand, the Myanmar immigration authorities said this week, according to Xinhua.

It is reported that the migrant workers including nine women were handed over by Thailand's Ranong Immigration Department through Kawthoung border gate in southern Tanintharyi region.

The Thai authorities expelled the workers due to expired visas and incorrect documents after they were fined under Thai law.