No country,” Nopparat Khanthavong, founder of the Wild Boars club, told AFP.Ĭhantawong and the three boys are just four of the more than 400,000 stateless people who live in Thailand, according to USA Today reporting on the United Nations Refugee Agency the number who have fled Myanmar could be as high as 3 million people total. According to the nongovernmental organization Burma Link (named for Myanmar's old name), hundreds of thousands of people in the country have fled to Thailand.
They live in Myanmar one day, and play soccer in Thailand the next.Īccording to the Times, Chantawong, known as Coach Ek, and the three boys with no official nationality are from an area around Mae Sai, in what is known as the “Golden Triangle,” close to where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos converge. Three of the soccer players and their coach are all stateless ethnic minorities, according to The New York Times. A British diver participating in the international rescue. “The children were well taken care of in the cave,” adding that each boy had lost an average 4.4 pounds. A dozen boys and their soccer coach were found alive inside a flooded cave in Thailand on Monday, nine days after they went missing. “From our assessment, they are in good condition and not stressed,” he said, according to Reuters. Missing soccer team found alive in a cave in Thailand after 10 days ABC News 14.1M subscribers Subscribe 44K 3.4M views 4 years ago The 12 boys, ranging in age from 11 to 16, and their. Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, an inspector for Thailand’s health department, told reporters that the boys were healthy and recovering well. On Tuesday, the extraordinary international rescue mission was finally completed. Todays top videos Tom was just 46 and he leaves behind him his devastated wife Mary and their daughters Isabel and Julia. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. The young football team and their coach, Ekkapol Chantawong, went on the unplanned cave exploration trip on Saturday, June 23, after finishing their training session. The former Irish international and womens rugby head coach died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday morning.
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