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NGOs say Thais sent thousands fleeing Myanmar back

AP, 08 Apr 2022
Thai authorities have sent back thousands of Myanmar villagers who recently fled across the border to escape military attack, according to NGOs and refugees who spoke to the AP. Forcing refugees to return to danger – known as "refoulement" - is against international humanitarian law. Thailand denies compulsion, saying they returned voluntarily once the fighting had stopped. Some of them have since set up squatter camps on the border, caught in limbo between a country that doesn't want them and one whose military might kill them. (April 8)

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