Thai cave rescue: Stateless boys granted citizenship

Thailand Wednesday granted citizenship to stateless members of the football team rescued from a cave last month in a saga which gripped the world.

ด.ช.มงคล บุญเปี่ยม (ซ้าย) ขณะกำลังได้รับบัตรประชาชนไทยในพิธีมอบสัญชาติ 8 ส.ค.2018 Source: Chiang Rai Public Relations Office

"Today all of you get Thai citizenship," Mae Sai district chief Somsak Khanakham said in a ceremony on Wednesday at a local office, as they were handed national ID cards.

Somsak told AFP that the "Wild Boars incident" had nothing to do with the development and said they had merely qualified.

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