Bangkok Post
9 Jan 2021
Seven test positive for Covid after raid in Don Muang district raises new concerns about human trafficking
A picture taken by the Immigration Bureau on Jan 3 and released on Saturday shows immigration officers watching over a group of Rohingya migrants who were arrested in Don Muang district of Bangkok after being smuggled overland from Rakhine state in Myanmar. (Immigration Bureau handout via AFP)
Nineteen Rohingya migrants have been arrested in Bangkok for illegal entry to Thailand and a Thai woman accused of housing them has also been detained, police said on Saturday.
The arrests have raised concerns about trafficking routes for the Muslim minority fleeing Myanmar, at a time when illegal migrants from that country have been linked to a second wave of coronavirus infections accross Thailand.