Hundreds of Myanmarese migrants extradited from Thailand

Narinjara News, 4 February 2023

More than 600 Myanmar nationals, who were detained for various reasons in Thailand and their dates of release had already passed, were extradited on 2 February from a Thai immigration detention center in Ranong to Kawthaung of Myanmar.

The group of people including 543 men and 136 women were sent back through a jetty of Ranong in the morning hours.

The immigration, police and general administration officials plans to accept those Myanmarese migrants.

Dissatisfied with their continued detention at Ranong detention center, the Burmese migrant workers staged a protest demonstration inside it on 28 January.

Soon after the protest, the authorities of Thailand and Myanmar discussed and decided to extraditate those waiting to return home in the first week of February, said one of the detained Myanmarese nationals.

“It has been four to five months since we were waiting for our release. Some were even detained for seven to eight months despite their release dates having expired. So we had no other choices but to protest. Now we are to return back to our places,” he added.

According to the concerned Thai authorities, over 80 percent of Myanmar nationals coming into Thailand took illegal ways in various forms.