Laos: Refugees forcibly returned to Laos

Index Number: ASA 26/001/2010
Date Published: 13 January 2010
Categories: Laos

The Thai authorities forcibly returned around 4,500 Lao Hmong, including 158 recognized refugees, to Laos at the end of 2009. The Lao government is refusing to permit UN and other monitors access to them.