Ranong human-smuggling incident

Ranong human-smuggling incident
DateApril 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)
LocationRanong, Thailand
CauseHuman smuggling
First reporterRoyal Thai Police
Deaths54

The Ranong human-smuggling incident was a human smuggling disaster in Ranong, Thailand in April 2008.[1] 54 people suffocated to death in a seafood container while being smuggled from Myanmar, to Phuket, Thailand.[2]

  1. ^ "54 Burmese dead in trafficking horror". Phuket Gazette. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ MacKinnon, Ian (11 April 2008). "54 Burmese migrants suffocate in packed lorry". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2015.