Published : 09-12-2018
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) said that about 600 Arab refugees from Palestine, Syria and Iraq in Thailand are deprived of their basic human rights such as education, healthcare and access to the labor market.
AOHR said that displaced migrants are enduring a very difficult situation owing to the refusal of the Thai government to grant them their rights on claims that it did not sign the International Convention for the Protection of Refugees.
According to the organization, 70% of them are families, mostly women and children, and 10% are elderly.
Over the last couple of months, the Thai government launched a campaign to crack down on all foreigners who do not have Thai residence permits. Some 60 migrants, including women, children and elderly people, have been detained so far. Some of them have suffered psychological breakdowns inside prison due to ill-treatment. Those who have not been detained have been locked up indoors over abduction concerns.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the UN Secretary-General, UNRWA and UNHCR to urgently intervene in order to save stranded Arab refugees in Thailand, improve their situation, and provide them with safer shelters.
The organization urged the Thai authorities to abide by the international humanitarian law, cease mistreatment of the refugees, and backtrack on its deportation threats.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) said that about 600 Arab refugees from Palestine, Syria and Iraq in Thailand are deprived of their basic human rights such as education, healthcare and access to the labor market.
AOHR said that displaced migrants are enduring a very difficult situation owing to the refusal of the Thai government to grant them their rights on claims that it did not sign the International Convention for the Protection of Refugees.
According to the organization, 70% of them are families, mostly women and children, and 10% are elderly.
Over the last couple of months, the Thai government launched a campaign to crack down on all foreigners who do not have Thai residence permits. Some 60 migrants, including women, children and elderly people, have been detained so far. Some of them have suffered psychological breakdowns inside prison due to ill-treatment. Those who have not been detained have been locked up indoors over abduction concerns.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the UN Secretary-General, UNRWA and UNHCR to urgently intervene in order to save stranded Arab refugees in Thailand, improve their situation, and provide them with safer shelters.
The organization urged the Thai authorities to abide by the international humanitarian law, cease mistreatment of the refugees, and backtrack on its deportation threats.
