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Palestinian Refugees in Thailand Threatened with Refoulement

Published : 24-10-2018

Palestinian Refugees in Thailand Threatened with Refoulement

Human rights activist Fatima Jabeur called on the Palestinian diaspora to stage rallies outside of the offices of UN-run bodies, the International Red Cross, and the UNHCR in solidarity with Palestinian refugees in Thailand.

The activist said Palestinian families in Thailand risk to go forcibly deported after the Thai authorities issued a decision to tighten grip on refugees without legal residence permits.

According to the activist, the measure will bring about serious fallouts on the Palestinian refugees who can neither return to their homeland nor head for another destination.

She added that three Palestinian families, comprising minors, elderly people, and persons with disabilities, turned themselves in to Thai police for fear of being sent to jail after they overstayed their visas.

The activist raised alarm bells over the dire conditions of captivity in Thai detention centers, where over 100 inmates are crammed into cells that can barely accommodate 15 persons. Palestinian refugees are also locked up in cells where drug traffickers, sex traffickers, and criminals are held.

In a testimony received by AGPS sometime earlier, a Palestinian from Syria in Bangkok said 600 refugees, including children and elderly persons, risk to go to jail for overstaying their visas.

Activists and trapped Palestinian refugees continue to urge the international community to immediately step in and work on releasing those held in Thai jails, dubbed the worst in the world.

The newly-issued decision will give the Thai authorities further grounds to continue to treat Palestinian refugees as lawbreakers rather than asylum seekers fleeing war-stricken zones.

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/7864

Human rights activist Fatima Jabeur called on the Palestinian diaspora to stage rallies outside of the offices of UN-run bodies, the International Red Cross, and the UNHCR in solidarity with Palestinian refugees in Thailand.

The activist said Palestinian families in Thailand risk to go forcibly deported after the Thai authorities issued a decision to tighten grip on refugees without legal residence permits.

According to the activist, the measure will bring about serious fallouts on the Palestinian refugees who can neither return to their homeland nor head for another destination.

She added that three Palestinian families, comprising minors, elderly people, and persons with disabilities, turned themselves in to Thai police for fear of being sent to jail after they overstayed their visas.

The activist raised alarm bells over the dire conditions of captivity in Thai detention centers, where over 100 inmates are crammed into cells that can barely accommodate 15 persons. Palestinian refugees are also locked up in cells where drug traffickers, sex traffickers, and criminals are held.

In a testimony received by AGPS sometime earlier, a Palestinian from Syria in Bangkok said 600 refugees, including children and elderly persons, risk to go to jail for overstaying their visas.

Activists and trapped Palestinian refugees continue to urge the international community to immediately step in and work on releasing those held in Thai jails, dubbed the worst in the world.

The newly-issued decision will give the Thai authorities further grounds to continue to treat Palestinian refugees as lawbreakers rather than asylum seekers fleeing war-stricken zones.

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/7864