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MSF again calls for the immediate halt of forced repatriations and
access to the deported Hmong for medical assistance
"Thai authorities claim that these were voluntary repatriations. It is
hard to believe," said Gilles Isard, MSF head of mission in Thailand.
"Families have been torn apart..."
Bangkok/Paris - An estimated 800 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees were
forcibly returned to Laos by the Thai government on Sunday, June 22,
and the Thai authorities have stated publicly that they intend to
proceed in the coming days with further repatriations to Laos from
among the remaining 6,700 refugees in the Huai Nam Khao camp in
Thailand’s Petchabun province.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling once again on the
governments of Thailand and Laos to immediately stop all forced
repatriations of the Hmong refugees. Both governments should
facilitate the access of independent monitors to all forced returnees
in Laos and those believed to be held in detention centers in Thailand
in order that adequate medical and humanitarian assistance is provided
to them.