Thailand’s Immigration Police has arrested a 40-year-old Nigerian man for allegedly overstaying his visa by 7 years.
The suspect identified as Onyebuchi Johnbosco Ezedinugwu, was said to have entered Thailand in April 2014 on a 60 day tourist visa with permission to stay until June 25th of same year.
Ezedinugwu was arrested by immigration officers led by region one commander, Pol Maj-Gen Piti Nitinonthaset, at Soi Phetchaburi 35 in the Makkasan area of Bangkok on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
According to local media, illegal immigration is considered as a major factor of the second wave of Covid-19 after an outbreak at Samut Sakhon seafood market affecting a large migrant population.
A news portal, Siam Rath quoted region 1 deputy Lt-Col Suriya Phuangsombat as saying that immigration were targeting Africans to check on their visa status as part of measures associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.
