20 Myanmar migrants arrested in Hat Yai

Bangkok Post
ASSAWIN PAKKAWAN
6 JUN 2021

Twenty Myanmar nationals illegally entering Ranong from Kawthaung are arrested in Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Saturday. (Photo by Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: Twenty Myanmar migrants were arrested in Hat Yai district on Saturday night, local media reported.

The arrests were made by a combined force of soldiers from the 5th Infantry Regiment, provincial and immigration police and administrative officials of Hat Yai district.

At about 8pm on Saturday, authorities searched a Bangkok-registered articulated lorry which stopped near Ban Rai village on Kanchanawanich road in tambon Ban Phru of Hat Yai district to pick up two Myanmar migrants. They found two other Myanmar migrants already in the lorry.

Malaysia to Deport 1,200 Myanmar Migrants Despite Post-Coup Turmoil

Bloomberg
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
16 February 2021,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's government will repatriate 1,200 Myanmar migrants next week despite a military coup in their home country, but has assured that they will not include minority Muslim Rohingya refugees or those registered with the U.N. refugee agency.

But the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees voiced concern Tuesday that there may be vulnerable women and children among the group. Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was detained as the military seized power on Feb. 1, sparking protests in the country.