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Originally Posted by marc26
17 murders of your citizens in a certain country seems to be a lot, no?
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The article asks "With so many Britons murdered in Thailand, why does our Government not warn of the dangers faced there? " yet if you look at "Travel Advice" about Thailand on the
F.C.O website (British Government site) they point out :
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Five British nationals have been murdered in Thailand since January 2006.
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But for me at least a more worrying statistic is this one :
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Around 850,000 British nationals visited Thailand in 2006 (Tourism Authority of Thailand figure). The main types of incident for which British nationals required consular assistance in Thailand in 2006 were for: replacing lost or stolen passports (over 750 cases); deaths, mostly from road accidents or related to drink/drugs (over 250 cases); and hospitalisations (over 200 cases). The majority of consular cases occur in Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Samui.
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