Phuket authorities caught an illegal Chinese worker at Phuket International Airport final night time. The unnamed man is the third illegal Chinese worker caught at the airport this week.
Phuket Immigration checkpoint reported the incident in a Facebook submit at present. According to the post, the man was arrested at round 7.15pm within the ‘tour car parking zone.’ The man was handed over to Sakhu police for additional questioning. Nothing in regards to the man’s identity, or his occupation in Thailand, was reported.
Another two Chinese nationals were caught at Phuket International Airport on Wednesday. Their identities and jobs weren’t reported either.
Meanwhile in Pattaya, an early morning raid on Wednesday at Amon Nakhon fresh market led to the capture of seven illegal international staff. Officers searched the market and nearby shops which noticed staff from Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos scatter in all directions to escape arrest.
Thailand has seen an uptick in prosecutions of Asian overseas employees for illegal employment within the nation, based on a report by the Department of Employment (DoE). The report lined the interval from October 2022 to March 2023.
The report revealed that 685 employment venues had been prosecuted and a complete of 1,550 folks prosecuted. The majority of people prosecuted have been financial migrants from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos who had entered Thailand without registration. There had been also Printable and Vietnamese nationals prosecuted
The number of Europeans, Americans, and Australians arrested by DoE officers during this era was solely around 20. This might have been because the inspection appeared to primarily goal illegal work that is popular with Asian migrants. Such work contains promoting items, hairdressing, driving automobiles, and massage. However, the report did not embrace arrests by immigration police during the six-month period..