Thai authorities detained Burmese beauty queen Han Lay, real name Thaw Nandar Aung, at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after she was denied entry into the country and refused to board a return flight to Vietnam, where she had gone only for a short holiday. The 23-year-old has been living in Thailand since she spoke out against …
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Daily Briefing: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Parallel government calls on the Fed to allow it to use Burma’s frozen assets. The National Unity Government has urged the US Federal Reserve to let it access $1 billion USD in Burma’s currency reserves. Tin Tun Naing, the NUG Minister of Planning, Finance and Investment, told Bloomberg news that it …
Over 15,000 undocumented Burmese arrested in Thailand in May alone, despite MoU restart
More than 15,000 Burmese migrant workers, fleeing persecution and economic decline across the country, were arrested in Thailand in May alone, according to Moe Kyo, chairperson of the Mae Sot-based Joint Action Committee for Burmese Citizens (JACBA). The committee recorded that 150 Burmese and Thai brokers were arrested over the same period. “This month, the …
Thailand ‘preparing to receive’ those fleeing Burma violence
Thailand is preparing to receive people fleeing fighting in Burma and send them back “when they are ready,” the Thai prime minister said on Tuesday, following a series of attacks by Muslim insurgents on Burmese security forces last week.
Killer doctor deported to Thailand
Dr Supat, who was found guilty of murder in May 2015, was handed over to Thai immigration authorities amid tight security.
Despite crackdown, people-smuggling across Thai-Burma border has risen
People smuggling across the border from Burma to Thailand is on the rise despite a crackdown by authorities in both countries that has made it more expensive and dangerous, Thai immigration police say.