Asked what might happen if some of the people attempting to register were found to be Rohingya or others not accepted as citizens.

Phuket’s Burma Workers in Mass Registration By Chutima Sidasathian Thursday, July 2, 2009 ABOUT 90,000 Burmese work illegally on Phuket, stretching the island’s health and education systems, says Thanawan Tongsukchote, Chief of Phuket Provincial Employment office. Now illegal workers who have jobs will be able to register at Phuket’s three sub-district offices before July 31 and gain identity cards that will grant them official status. Those who are granted cards may then go to Vachira

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