vehicles carrying deportees leave the Thai Immigration Detention Center in Phiboon, about 45 minutes from the Lao - Thai International crossing, and directly pass the Thai immigration office at the border, as irregular migrants have already been registered at the Phiboon centre. The vehicles stop on a square between the two countries' immigration gates, where Lao officials receive the deportees. Upon signing hand-over documents from Thai officials with records of all the people being deported, Lao authorities accompany the group to the Lao deportee registration office.