More than 5,000 people are requesting relocation as the fight in Israel worsens.
12 October 2023 at 14:13 PUBLISHED
12 October 2023 at 18: 28 UPDATED
On Thursday night, the initial group of 41 Vietnamese personnel arrived at their families’ looking arms after leaving Israel.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assisted in bringing back fifteen of the employees, while the remaining ones had made their individual plans. At 11.22 a.m., everyone boarded the El Al LY083 at the Suvarnabhumi airport.
Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha – Nukara, Labour Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn, Defense Minister Sutin Klungsang, and Deputy Public Health Minister Santi Promphat all greeted them.
One of the two workers, Katchakorn Pudtason, required a chair and special aid on the aircraft. & nbsp,
He discussed his exit from a Hamas assault on the land where he worked with reporters in the arrivals house. Before scurrying back to the land in the back of a vehicle, he hid out in an underground bunker at his company’s house.
Preventing broke out that night, and it was extremely harsh, he claimed.
One of the shots that flew by their car injured him.
” I was the first person shot in the knee.” I believed I had been struck with rocks, he said.
He claimed that four of his coworkers had been hurt, with one being shot in the lip.
” Unlike in the movies, there were constant shots. We were being shot at mercilessly, as if they wanted to tear us apart.
From the airport, the employees were driven by vehicle to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute for medical examination. Before leaving for their house regions, they were to receive payment from the Ministry of Labor it.
Since the start of the conflict, 16 Vietnamese employees have reportedly been kidnapped by Hamas soldiers, according to information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin added that one more Thai has been reported dead, bringing the total number of fatalities to 21.
According to Kanchana Patarachoke, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ voice, 5, 174 of the 30, 000 Vietnamese workers in Israel have voluntarily requested relocation.
While waiting for permission from other nations to travel through their aircraft, the Royal Thai Air Force ( RTAF) has travel aircraft ready to move more Thais back home. On Sunday, it hopes to start ejecting 220 Thai citizens; additional airlines are scheduled for October 24.
According to Ms. Kanchana, officials have also reserved 80 seats for Thais on business flights leaving on Wednesday.
According to Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, three regional airlines — Thai Airways, Thai AirAsia, and Nok Air — have also indicated a willingness to assist with repatriation.
The first Thai workers to be repatriated from Israel were welcomed on Thursday at Suvarnabhumi Airport by Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.( Photo: @ MFAThai Twitter )