Thai Immigration Detain 128 Tamil Asylum Seekers

Published : October 15, 2010 :: 10:10:42 [ 2,489 views ]

Thai Immigration Detain 128 Tamil Asylum Seekers

Thailand is currently holding 128 Tamil migrants for possible deportation despite some having registered with the United Nation as asylum seekers, Thai authorities said Wednesday.

Bangkok, the 15^th of October 2010: Police originally arrested 155 people. However, some were freed having presented valid travel documents, according to Worawat Amornwiwat, a spokesman from the Thai Immigration Offices.

Some of the remaining 128 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka have papers showing their status as UN sanctioned refugees while others have documentation showing that they had applied for the status, police said.

“These people are minority Tamils fleeing war in their country and seeking asylum through the UN. But they came to Thailand with tourist visas, allowing them to stay only 60 days, and they overstayed,” stated Mr. Amornwiwat.

At present Thai Immigration authorities are in the process of contacting the Sri Lankan Embassy in order to arrange deportation procedures, based on charges of breaching 60-day tourist visas.

Mr. Amornwiwat explained that there was currently no provision for Sri Lankan refugees in Thailand, despite their registration with the UN. No comment has been released by the UN refugee agency.

Activists based in Canada, a country seeking to change its immigration laws in response to an influx of boats arriving with hundreds of Tamil refugees, said those arrested in Thailand were genuinely in need of protection and may face persecution should they be returned to their homeland.

“We are very disturbed by the arrests as it includes genuine refugees seeking international protection,” the group said in a statement.

A flood of people seeking asylum in foreign countries has emanated from the crackdown on the Tamil Tigers by Sri Lanka’s government, ending a lengthy civil war only last year.

Thai media reports insinuated that numerous of the detained migrants are actually members of the Tamil Tigers, seeking refuge in a third country. However, Mr. Amornwiwat has denied those claims stating that most of the detainees were women and children.

“There is nothing related to Tamil Tigers… These people are just families, mostly women and children,” he said.

Comments

Yoshie Bintz

said :

It is seems like you read my mind! You seem to know so much about this.

Email : Schwaderer@archeologist.com Date : 2010-12-06 21:02:32

Muthamizh

said :

People from across the globe are condemning the Human rights violations of Srilankan government. And civilized society is fighting hard to establish the justice to the tamils. Killing of nearly 1,40,000 innocents, war crimes, ongoing slaughter on the journalists, moderates, reformists, artists and having opposition leader behind the bars make the Srilanka as a criminal and a failed state.
LIST OF FEW EVIDENCES:
People's Permanent Tribunal found Srilanka guilty of war crimes and Genocide.

UN's Human Rights Chief is critical of Lankan government Human rights records.

US human rights report accused Lankan rulers for the Human Rights violations.

For your reference i am attaching the supporting evidences for war crimes and Genocide

Grisly Photos Reveal Genocide by Sri Lankan Government Against Tamil People - www.Salem-News.com

Srilanka: If this isn't GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is?

http://www.change.org/petitions/view/srilanka_if_this_isnt_genocide_war_crime_then_what_on_earth_is

Email : 3tamil78@gmail.com Date : 2010-10-19 15:13:51

Julie

said :

Thats right Judy the UN is just out to destroy our Countries with free handouts to this sorry bunch of humanity. So close to India and they dare not go there out of fear.

Steve, those chocolate ladies may not have washed thier parts in months and all you can think of is shagging them? The mindless sexpat, no wonder the world is gone mad.

Email : julie@everbored.org Date : 2010-10-16 13:40:15

John Gollop

said :

Send the tamils and sinhalese back to their country. Why do they want to come here? The war is over now but they all want to stay in Thailand, Germany, Canada, Australia and UK, for free handouts.
They send their women to the Middle East, Lebanon and parts of Asia as slaves under the name of housemaids.

Email : johngollop@yahoo.com Date : 2010-10-16 12:06:19

harry harmony

said :

I'm sure you'll all be seeing these people shortly; offering to make you a cheap suit or something.

Email : harry@hatred.com Date : 2010-10-16 09:08:40

steve

said :

i want to shag one of them chocolate skinned tamil ladies. mmmm..

Email : steve@hotmail.com Date : 2010-10-15 17:54:57

judy

said :

Send them back home, the civil war has finished, they are not tamil tiger fighters so their status will not be effected back in Sri Lanka, bloody busy bodies the UN refugee agency are.

Email : judywon91@yahoo.com Date : 2010-10-15 14:34:01

PorkyPig

said :

Should have used your GPS...Australia is south of Thailand !!!

Email : pp@bib.com Date : 2010-10-15 11:18:16

Paul England

said :

Thailand not the best country to expecting sympathy and compassion (not sure these words exist in Thai), especially if you are dark skinned Indians.

Email : ingop67@gmail.com Date : 2010-10-15 11:05:50

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