Thailand: Further information on Fear of forcible return/arbitrary arrest

Index Number: ASA 39/012/2007
Date Published: 23 August 2007
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Thailand

The 149 Lao Hmong refugees detained at the Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center (IDC) suspended their hunger-strike on the evening of 19 August, after delegates of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) were able to visit them and provide counselling. They are weak and distressed; four women and one baby were taken to Nong Khai hospital.