Govt to evacuate Thai students from Cairo

Photo: Twitter user @estermeerman

Thailand ordered the evacuation of all Thai students from Egypt on Saturday. With the death toll in Cairo’s recent clashes rising and the country’s political situation at tense stalemate, Thai officials said  Egypt was no longer safe for Thai nationals.

Officials said that the first planeload of 661 mostly female students returned to Bangkok yesterday, 

The government will continue to send flights this week to retrieve the 1,1000 remaining male students, The Sun Daily reported. 




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