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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: First batch of evacuees arrive home | History Defined

Thai evacuees from Sudan arrive at Wing 6 in Bangkok's Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base on Thursday night. (Photo supplied/Wassana Nanuam)

The first batch of 78 Thai evacuees from war-torn Sudan arrived at Bangkok's Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base on Thursday night.

The evacuees - 40 women and 38 men - were welcomed by caretaker Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Defence Forces chief Gen Chalermpol Srisawat, Air Force commander ACM Alongkorn Wannarot, Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai, Prime Minister’s secretary-general Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, and other high-ranking officials. 

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