Thailand/Laos: Forcible return/fear for safety

Index AI : ASA 39/005/2008
Date de publication : 25 juin 2008
Catégorie(s) : Laos, Thaïlande

The Thai authorities returned 837 Lao Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos on 22 June 2008, claiming that the group were going voluntarily. No independent monitors were present, and it is likely that some of the group were coerced into returning. Some are at risk of torture.