17 illegal migrant workers caught during raid
published : 28 Jun 2024 at 07:20
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
Seventeen Lao women and two Thai employers were arrested during raids on karaoke bars and restaurants in Chon Buri's Laem Chabang in the early hours of Thursday.
More than 20 immigration officers raided several entertainment venues in the tourist district of Si Racha at about 1am following reports of illegal migrant workers.
Officers checked the workers' passports, work permits and other documents. Seventeen Lao workers were found without proper documentation. Among them, fourteen lacked work permits, two had entered Thailand illegally, and one had failed to notify authorities about her workplace and job type within the required 15-day period.
Two Thai employers were arrested and charged with hiring illegal migrants.
All were taken to Laem Chabang police station. The migrant workers will be deported back to their home country.
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Vocabulary
- charge: to accuse someone officially of committing a crime - ตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
- deport: to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there - เนรเทศออกจากประเทศ, ส่งตัวกลับประเทศ
- documentation: paperwork; documents used for proving that something is true or correct - งานเอกสาร
- immigration officer: an official who works for the government agency dealing with people entering and leaving the country and those who want to live there - เจ้าหน้าที่สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- lack (verb): to not have something - ขาด
- migrant worker: someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work - คนงานต่างถิ่น
- raid: to use force to enter a place suddenly in order to arrest people or search for something such as illegal weapons or drugs - บุกเข้าจับ, เข้าตรวจค้น
- work permit (noun): the official permission for a foreigner to work in a country - ใบอนุญาตทำงาน
