Bangkok Post 6.5.2011
Thai authorities have rejected South Korea's proposal to build a coordination centre for North Koreans who illegally enter Thailand. The centre was supposed to be creating in Chiang Rai province, a popular entry point for illegal North Korean immigrants into Thailand.
Most of the immigrants have escaped economic hardship in North Korea and travelled to Thailand for temporary refuge in the hope of being able to resettle in third countries, usually South Korea, a source at the Internal Security Operations Command said.
From October last 2010 until April this 2010, 899 North Koreans were arrested for illegal entry. Isoc spokesman Maj Gen Dithaporn Sasamit said that South Korea had offered to pay to take care of the illegal migrants. However, the government had turned down the proposal because it had no policy to open a new refugee centre.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/235550/illegal-north-korean-migrants-on-rise
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