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

Index Number: ASA 39/018/2006
Date Published: 8 December 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Thailand

A group of 152 Lao Hmong refugees and asylum-seekers are now reportedly in imminent danger of forcible return to Laos, where they would be at risk of severe human rights violations, including torture. They have been moved from Bangkok to a detention centre on the Lao border.