Thailand/Laos: Forcible return/fear for safety

رقم الوثيقة: ASA 39/005/2008
تاريخ النشر: 25 يونيو 2008
التصنيفات: لاوس, تايلند

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.