Survivors of death truck to be deported

Survivors of a human smuggling tragedy in Thailand, in which 54 people suffocated in a locked container truck, will be deported back to Myanmar, a Thai court ruled on Friday.

Fifty survivors were fined up to 2,000 baht ($62) each for being in the country illegally, but most could not pay and faced a brief jail term before being deported, officials said.

Another 14 youths were sent to an immigration center to await their return to the former Burma.