UN document: Thailand ‘knew’ Chinese deportees were refugees
The government knew two Chinese men it detained were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada, but still deported them to China, according to a United Nations letter seen by Reuters.
The letter, sent by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contradicts Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s statement last week that Thailand “did not know” that the men were under UNHCR protection.
