Thai PBS World

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the Border Force following a small boat incident in the Channel, on Tuesday April 23, 2024. / AP

Migrants drown in English Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda policy

April 24, 2024
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
Comments Off on Migrants drown in English Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda policy

(Reuters) – Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat on Tuesday, hours after Britain passed a bill…

Migrant worker and ethnic people’s children should get citizenship – TDRI

February 29, 2024
by Neeranuch Kunakorn
Comments Off on Migrant worker and ethnic people’s children should get citizenship – TDRI

A social expert has proposed that the government grant Thai citizenship to children born in Thailand to ethnic parents or migrant workers, to address the declining birth rate among Thais….

Migrants moving back to rural hometowns another symptom of Thailand’s economic maladies

February 29, 2024
by Marisa Chimprabha (World)
Comments Off on Migrants moving back to rural hometowns another symptom of Thailand’s economic maladies

Thailand’s economy is undergoing major changes, with ominous signs of a downward spiral. The country has been battling slow growth since the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, after being a…

People fleeing fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic rebel groups shelter on the Thai side of the Moei river, in Mae Sot district in Tak province on April 7, 2023.(Photo by AFP)

Would the next government be kinder to migrants and refugees?

April 9, 2023
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
Comments Off on Would the next government be kinder to migrants and refugees?

Political parties campaigning for the May 2023 general election should spell out their policies on migrants and refugees because of its significance for Thailand’s stature on the international stage, according…

Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal

‘Stacks of bodies’: 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas

June 28, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
Comments Off on ‘Stacks of bodies’: 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas

SAN ANTONIO, June 27 (Reuters) – The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border….

59 undocumented Rohingya migrants found on island in Tarutao National Park

June 5, 2022
by Nad Bunnag
Comments Off on 59 undocumented Rohingya migrants found on island in Tarutao National Park

Officials from Tarutao National Park, in Thailand’ssouthernmost province of Satun, near the Malaysian border,have sent food and water to 59 undocumented Rohingya migrants found on Dong Island. The national park…

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the English Channel, Thursday Nov. 25, 2021. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boats

November 25, 2021
by administrator
Comments Off on Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boats

LONDON (AP) — The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fueling tensions between the U.K. and France over how to stop migrants from crossing the world’s busiest…

A picture taken on November 10, 2021 shows Poland’s servicemen behind a barbed wire fence on the Belarusian-Polish border as they watch migrants camping on the Belarusian side in the Grodno region. Hundreds of desperate migrants are trapped in freezing temperatures on the border and the presence of troops from both sides has raised fears of a confrontation.

Neighbours of Belarus say migrant crisis risks military clash

November 11, 2021
by Mintra Adair
Comments Off on Neighbours of Belarus say migrant crisis risks military clash

Countries bordering Belarus expressed concern on Thursday that a crisis over growing numbers of migrants trying to break through its frontiers into the European Union could escalate into a military…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Thousands of Haitian migrants have been arriving to Del Rio, Texas, as authorities attempt to close the border to stop the flow of migrants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

September 23, 2021
by administrator
Comments Off on US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

The Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting “inhumane” large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. officials said Thursday….

Page 1 of 1

Login

Lost Password