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Thailand is falling short in efforts to meet its international obligations to protect refugees, according to Sunai Phasuk, senior researcher on Thailand at Human Rights Watch.
“Measures taken by Thai authorities have been ad hoc and inadequate [in] making decisions as to when the border will be open for refugees and when the terms for their temporary stay will come to an end,” he said.
The kingdom has not ratified the UN Refugee Convention signed by 146 other states around the world, meaning refugees…






