Thai authorities launch crackdown on undocumented Myanmar migrants

17 May 2019
Thai authorities launch crackdown on undocumented Myanmar migrants
Migrants from Myanmar (Burma) work at fish market in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA

About 100 undocumented Myanmar migrants were rounded up in Tak’s Mae Sot district on Thursday morning, Thailand’s The Nation reported.

In a joint operation to crack down on migrants who illegally crossed into the northern province, police, troops, and officials from the district office and Labour Ministry checked areas where Myanmar workers stay in the Mae Sot district.

The officials called Myanmar migrants out from their rented rooms and checked their travel documents. A team of officials also checked documents of workers at the Pa Daeng mining company in Ban Mae Dao Mai village in Tambon Mae Dao.