Most Thais in Yemen want to stay
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Four of the 193 Thais, mostly students, living in war-ravaged Yemen want to return home, while the rest want to stay because they are living outside the battle zone, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee said yesterday. The ministry planned to move T
Sek said the 193 Thais were living in cities like Mukalla, Hudaydah and the capital Sana’a and, so far, only two Thais have agreed to move out of the capital to somewhere safer.
Other than setting up a centre at the Thai Consulate to help Thai nationals living in Yemen, Thailand will also station a team of officials near the Oman-Yemen border and at other Yemen cities to help Thai students in case of emergency, he said.
