Most of the children are found in the northern province of Chiang Mai, where they came down to live in the city from the mountains, while almost 10,000 youngsters are living on the streets of the Thai capital of Bangkok.

Although the plan is now only a proposal, construction is set to be complete before April 6, the anniversary of the enthronement of King Rama I as first king of the Rattanakosin era. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), or City Hall, believes that the building project will push the young homeless to move away from this gathering spot once construction starts.
“The public space here is not appropriately used. We’ve checked that two families are settled in the premises, and we are to move them out, and as where they’re residing will become construction sites, they definitely won’t be able to live here,” said the director of Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon District Office, Suachana Sudcharoen.

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