The move is aimed at cutting the number of illegal migrants by 80 per cent, down from the current crop of overstayers estimated at 800,000 people.
Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn, the bureau chief, said in cases of overstaying of more than 90 days to one year, the ban from re-entry will be one year.
In cases of overstaying between more than one year and three years, the ban from re-entry will be three years, while those found guilty of overstaying between more than three years and five years will face a ban from re-entry of five years.
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