Poland : 20 Thai citizens taken into custody

20 Thai citizens taken into custody
12.02.2010

The Border Guard in western Poland has arrested 20 Thai citizens for illegally working in the country.

All of the Thais were in Poland legally as visitors, but were working for another company than stated in their visas. They face possible deportation.

The incident happened after border guards visited a mushroom factory near Zielona Gora. It transpired that many of the factory’s workers had work visas, but issued for other companies.

The mushroom factory faces a possible fine amounting to a minimal sum of 3,000 zloty (around 800 euro).

The arrest comes after a group of 60 illegal workers from Ukraine and east-European countries were arrested in Lubin, not far from the present occurrence.

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