Ranong villagers trained to |'push on Rohingya boat people'
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Officials in Ranong have trained some 400 villagers to watch out for illegal Rohingya 'boat people' and told them to alert the authorities if they see anyone from the stateless ethnic group.
The move is part of a project called “Andaman Guard”. It aims to convince migrants on islands along the route from Myanmar to Thailand not to go ashore – by providing them food, medicine and fuel so they can continue to a third country.
Ranong police captured 299 Rohingya – including 23 women and 13 children – in two round-ups this month, deputy provincial chief Pol Colonel Kritsak Sungmulnak said.
The Nation
