Poles stranded in Bangkok

Among the 300,000 visitors stranded at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports are Poles, who have been waiting for a flight since last week when anti-government protesters took over the airport paralyzing flight operations.

The sit-in by protesters have ignored police orders to end their blockade of Bangkok's main airport which serve 125,000 passengers a day. "More than a dozen Polish citizens which due to the blockade at the airport in Thailand were unsuccessful to leave Myanmar. Their tickets have been rebooked," said Piotr Paszkowski, pressofficer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Meanwhile, the Zygmunt Langer, chargé d'affaires at the Polish embassy in Bangkok, told TVN24 that figure could be a lot higher based on the number of phone calls the embassy receives daily.

The protest has entered its seventh day on Monday.  The protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) are seeking to oust Thai Prime Minister Somchai in the latest escalation of political protests.

Sources: TVN24, Reuters