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A policeman checks the fingerprints of surviving illegal Myanmar migrants rescued from a container, at a police station in Sooksamran district
10 Apr 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A policeman checks the fingerprints of surviving illegal Myanmar migrants rescued from a container, at a police station in Sooksamran district, Ranong province, south of Bangkok April 10, 2008. Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants, most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on Thursday. Another 67 were rescued from the 20-ft container truck, with over 20 being treated in hospital, a police officer in the western coastal Thai province of Ranong told Reuters. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
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A policeman checks the fingerprints of surviving illegal Myanmar migrants rescued from a container, at a police station in Sooksamran district, Ranong province, south of Bangkok April 10, 2008. Fifty-four illegal ...


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