Doesn't it work the other way round, guys who leave their home country do it because they dont have things to keep them there? So you could say things didnt work for them there. When you have that kind of "freedom" Thailand is an easy place to start a new life. Then history repeats after a...

So sad, and probably so preventable. Nice to believe that lessons will be learned and won't happen again.

"high travel costs or something"
Thais to afraid to visit Koh Tao according to the police chief. Guess they need more CCTV.