Begging by Foreigners on Rise in Thailand
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<i> Associated Press</i>
BANGKOK — Jobless foreigners are flocking to newly affluent Thailand to panhandle at tourist sites and shopping centers, a report said Friday.
More than 1,200 foreigners survived by begging here last year, 16% more than in 1994, the Thai Farmers Research Center said.
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