The National Communicable Disease Committee on Friday approved, in principle, the use of a biometric authentication system to monitor and manage migrant workers who enter the country illegally, posing risks of spreading communicable diseases to Thai communities.

Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Pol Lt Gen Surachet Hakpan aka “Big Joke” was in Chiang Rai yesterday to attend a meeting regarding the undocumented migrant children who were sent to Ang Thong for education and then deported to Myanmar via the permanent border checkpoint in Mae Sai.