Far Eastern Economic Review, Volume 139, Issue 6 (1988-02). pp. 26.
Language:
English
Abstract:
UNDER A LONGSTANDING THAI GOVERNMENT POLICY TO REJECT INDOCHINESE ESCAPEES WHO ARE NOT BONA FIDE REFUGEES, LOEI PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS REPATRIATED 580 HMONGS IN 1987. MOST REPATRIATIONS GO UNREPORTED, BUT ONE INCIDENT SPARKED PROTESTS BY THE AMERICAN STATE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF THE UNHCR, AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. BANGKOK WAS THEN ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DUE TO CONCERN OVER THE RETURNEES' FATE IN THE HANDS OF THE LAO COMMUNISTS.