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LONDON: Concern is mounting that recent violent anti-immigrant protests could herald a new summer of unrest, a year after the UK was rocked by its worst riots in decades.

Saturday 26 July 2025 03:00 PM

Fast immigration lanes for Chinese students’ families at Thai airports

BANGKOK: Immigration police have set up fast lanes for Chinese students’ families at major airports to welcome them to Thailand during their school holidays.

Monday 14 July 2025 10:19 AM

‘Delighted’ PM hands out national ID cards to minority ethnic groups

CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has granted Thai national ID cards to 21 representatives of minority ethnic groups in the northern province as part of the government’s policy to resolve issues of statelessness and ensure access to government welfare.

Monday 30 June 2025 09:00 AM

Phuket Immigration arrests Russian wanted on Interpol Red Notice

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration officers have arrested a Russian man wanted on an Interpol ‘Red Notice’ for his alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking network.

Sunday 29 June 2025 10:30 AM

For some migrants in US, Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ awaits

MIAMI: Florida began construction this week on a detention center surrounded by fierce reptiles and cypress swamps, an “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades wetlands, as part of US President Donald Trump’s expansion of deportations of undocumented migrants.

Saturday 28 June 2025 03:00 PM

Hundreds of Tuvalu islanders seek Aussie ‘climate visa’

SYDNEY: Nearly one-third of citizens in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu are seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas threaten their palm-fringed shores, official figures obtained by AFP show.

Friday 27 June 2025 08:30 AM

Uzbek woman arrested for illegal beauty clinic in Chalong

PHUKET: A woman from Uzbekistan has been arrested for allegedly operating an illegal beauty clinic in Chalong without a license.

Thursday 19 June 2025 05:43 PM

Nigerians arrested in Phuket overstay sweep

PHUKET: Phuket Immigration officers have arrested three Nigerian nationals for overstaying their visas as part of an ongoing campaign to enforce immigration laws and address crimes committed by foreigners on the island.

Tuesday 17 June 2025 10:30 AM

Cambodia threatens to ban Thai fruit and veg over border row

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s influential former leader Hun Sen issued an ultimatum to Thailand today (June 16) to lift border crossing restrictions or his country will ban all Thai fruit and vegetable imports in the latest round of the border spat between the two countries.

Monday 16 June 2025 01:47 PM

Crackdown on expats in jobs for Thais

BANGKOK: Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has ordered a crackdown on expats working in occupations restricted to Thai nationals after the ministry made more than 4,400 arrests for the offence in the past nine months.

Monday 16 June 2025 07:39 AM

Protests spread across US despite Trump threats

LOS ANGELES: Protests over hardline immigration tactics ignited across the United States yesterday (June 11) after days of demonstrations in Los Angeles, as California prepared for a legal showdown with the White House over Donald Trump’s deployment of the military.

Thursday 12 June 2025 10:01 AM

Chinese visitor’s video claims ‘special connection’ in Immigration

BANGKOK: Immigration police were hunting down a Chinese visitor who posted a video online claiming a “special connection” that allowed foreigners to work in Thailand without a visa.

Wednesday 11 June 2025 09:58 AM

Trump deploys Marines as tensions rise over L.A. protests

LOS ANGELES: President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles yesterday (June 9), vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be “hit harder” than ever.

Tuesday 10 June 2025 11:17 AM

Russian man arrested at Phuket Airport over cyber fraud allegations

PHUKET: A 36-year-old Russian man was arrested at Phuket International Airport on Monday (June 2) in connection with a string of cyber-related offenses, including fraud, computer crime and misuse of electronic banking tools.

Wednesday 4 June 2025 08:42 AM

Phuket Airport immigration chief denies ‘cocaine set up’

PHUKET: Chief of Phuket Airport Immigration, Pol Col Rasarin Thiraphatthanakun, has refuted allegations in the British media that her officers had ‘set up’ a British man by placing a small amount of cocaine in his passport, for which the British man was detained and charged.

Saturday 31 May 2025 11:30 AM

Tougher checks for arrivals

BANGKOK: National Police Chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch has ordered immigration police to step up the screening process for foreign arrivals.

Thursday 29 May 2025 09:24 AM

Police raids hit foreign criminal businesses

PHUKET: A coordinated crackdown led by Region 8 Police and Phuket Provincial Police has targeted illegally foreign-run businesses, with raids carried out at seven locations across the island.

Tuesday 27 May 2025 10:32 AM

AI cameras net suspects in tourist hotspots

BANGKOK: Tourism police have deployed AI-powered surveillance cameras at hotspots nationwide, resulting in nearly 200 arrests since July 2024, reports Pol Lt Gen Saksira Phueakum, commander of the Tourist Police Bureau.

Sunday 25 May 2025 10:29 AM

‘Swiss David’ sentenced to one month in prison