9 October 2023 at 20: 12 PUBLISHED
As more than 1, 000 Vietnamese migrant workers caught in the fight look to return home, a deputy foreign minister said on Monday that Thailand is working with Jordan, Egypt, and Malaysia to secure the release of its people taken prisoner during unrest in Israel.
When Hamas insurgents burst across the border from Gaza on a spree that killed at least 700 Israelis, the government reported that 12 Thai citizens were killed, 9 were wounded, and 11 more were kidnapped. Numerous people have been kidnapped.
Jakkapong Sangmanee stated at a press conference that” we are working with nations that have ties to the nation that has kidnapped our citizens to negotiate for their transfer.”
Without going into detail, Mr. Jakkapong stated that the negotiations to secure the release of the Thai victims were” very good.”
According to him, about 1,400 Thais have signed up to be evacuated, and the injured will be the first team to return back.
One of the largest immigrant employee groups in Israel, where fighting between Israeli soldiers and Hamas gunmen is still going on in some locations, is made up of about 30,000 Thai nationals.
After Jewish airstrikes in retaliation hit cover stones, tunnels, a shrine, and the homes of Hamas officials, more than 400 people have died in Gaza.
According to federal officials, the air force has two aircraft on standby for departure flights, along with medical personnel, and the nation’s national carrier may also be called into service.
” I want to return.”
Udomporn Jampahom, who is imprisoned in a basement in southern Israel along with more than 30 different Thai migrant workers, expressed his desperation to go back.
The 37-year-old agricultural employee told Reuters,” I don’t feel safe in all.” ” Storms and guns keep coming.” We are unable to leave.
Mr. Udomporn, who is up in Thailand with his two children, claimed that while working at a farm, he first heard rockets, then gunshots, before running to the workers’ camp.
Mr. Udomporn claimed that two weeks after the invasion started, he and different Thai employees were waiting to be evacuated from the vault when they heard gunshots surges.
According to video shared by Mr. Udomporn, many people are sleeping on paper strips spread out on the floor next to their things packed into backpacks.
But he wasn’t certain exactly when or how the party would be able to depart from Israel.
I want to go back to Thailand, so I didn’t remain below, he said.