BANGKOK, Dec 22 – The first batch of 30 aliens of Thai origin whose parents migrated from Cambodia’s Koh Kong to Thailand will be given Thai citizenship next month, according to a senior Interior Ministry official.

Prapas Bunyindee, deputy permanent secretary for interior, said the 30 people who were born in Thailand had applied for Thai nationality with officials at Klong Luek district in Thailand’s eastern province of Trat, opposite Koh Kong.

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