Hundreds of illegal migrants return
Nearly 450 Cambodians who were illegally working in Thailand were repatriated across the Battambang province border on Saturday in one of the largest one-day operations along that border, officials said yesterday. Thai authorities had rounded up the 447 workers, who were busted without the required paperwork, as part of a co-operation agreement between authorities in Battambang and bordering Thai province Chan Buri that was inked in June. Many of the Cambodians repatriated over the weekend had been jailed for their illegal entry into Thailand, said Yos Sereiroth, deputy police chief of immigration at Battambang’s Dong International checkpoint. …
