Officials said the Cambodians did not have passports or travel documents. “They confessed to having worked illegally in Thailand for some time. But out of concern about the crackdown on illegal workers, their employers in Chon Buri and Nakhon Pathom told them to leave,” an official said. The illegal migrants travelled towards the border province in cars so officials at checkpoints, who usually focused on pickups, did not search their vehicles. Sa Kaew immigration officials have blacklisted the 17, who will be deported.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 08, 2017 09:00 UTC