Immigration Police Detain Seven Cambodian Citizens Exploiting Children, Removing Eight Girls Between Three and Ten

In Pattaya, a popular resort city in Thailand, the immigration police conducted an operation to curb the activities of an organized group of beggars that used children and people with disabilities to receive funds from tourists. The operation was a response to numerous complaints from local residents and guests of the city, expressing concern about the image of the resort.

On Tuesday, employees of the Chonburi province immigration raided Pattaya’s most visited tourist areas. Employees dressed in civil clothes and depicting tourists identified several people who, accompanying young children or disabled people, asked for money from passers-by.

As a result of the operation, seven adults were detained – five women and two men. All the detainees were Cambodian citizens. Together with them, eight girls aged three to ten years were found, who were allegedly used to sympathize with others.

The detainees reportedly told police that they were begging in busy tourist areas, earning between 300 and 500 Thai baht a day. They lived together in rented rooms in the Chonburi province Ci Racha district and reached Pattaya by public transport.

Some of the detainees stated that they had been in Thailand for more than a decade, and their children were already attending local schools. This fact emphasizes the acuteness of the problem of illegal migration and the social adaptation of foreign citizens in Thailand.

Currently, all detainees are taken to the Pattaya police station for document registration. According to the officers, they will be charged with violating Thai law, after which a decision will be made to deport them from the country.

The incident raises important issues about combating the exploitation of children and people with disabilities, as well as the effectiveness of the immigration control and social policies of Thailand for foreign nationals. Such operations, conducted by the immigration police, are aimed at maintaining order and security in tourist centers and protecting the most vulnerable segments of the population.

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