A total of 5,899 Rohingya migrants have
illegally entered Thailand by sea on 48 occasions since October last
year, Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) spokesman Dithaporn
Sasasamit said on Thursday.
Lt-Gen Dithaporn said of that number, 1,752 -- 1,442 men and 310
women and children -- are still in Thailand. Others have been pushed
out.
Of the male migrants, 1,177 have been lodged at holding centres run
by the Immigration Police Bureau in Songkhla and nearby provinces and
265 are staying at a centre run by another agency. The 310 women and
children are now in the care of the social development and human
security office of Songkhla.
Under a resolution made at a meeting of agencies at the Foreign
Ministry on Jan 25, the Rohingya are to be provided with humanitarian
aid for a period of not over six months.
During the six months the Foreign Ministry is to coordinate with the
country of origin to issue documents to confirm their citizenship and
take the illegal migrants back, and at the same time coordinate with
third countries to take them for resettlement.
Source: here
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