Ukraine

[davemos]

Will the Thai governnent allow refugees from Ukraine ?

[RandiRona]

No....only tourists...with Thai Pass approved and paid in advance.

[BritTim]

Thailand does not really recognise refugee status. In the special case of people escaping neighbouring countries in exceptional circumstances, they are allowed to temporarily stay, but only under strict conditions. People trying to come to Thailand to claim refugee status on arrival will be out of luck. Ukrainian citizens already in Thailand legally can, at the current time, get temporary short term extensions of their permission to stay, but this will not come with permission to work or receive any benefits.

[audaciousnomad]

"THAILAND is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and has no specific domestic legal framework for protection of urban refugees and asylum-seekers. As such, urban refugees and asylum-seekers may be treated as illegal aliens unless they have a valid visa issued pursuant to the Thai Immigration Act. Absent a valid visa, they may be subject to arrest, prosecution and detention on immigration charges, irrespective of their status with UNHCR. In this context, UNHCR Thailand supports the progressive introduction of alternatives to detention (ATDs) as part of its advocacy for an overall domestic legal protection framework for persons of concern to UNHCR."

 

SOURCE:  https://www.unhcr.org/57b583e57.pdf

[Capella]

3 hours ago, audaciousnomad said:

"THAILAND is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and has no specific domestic legal framework for protection of urban refugees and asylum-seekers. As such, urban refugees and asylum-seekers may be treated as illegal aliens unless they have a valid visa issued pursuant to the Thai Immigration Act. Absent a valid visa, they may be subject to arrest, prosecution and detention on immigration charges, irrespective of their status with UNHCR. In this context, UNHCR Thailand supports the progressive introduction of alternatives to detention (ATDs) as part of its advocacy for an overall domestic legal protection framework for persons of concern to UNHCR."

 

SOURCE:  https://www.unhcr.org/57b583e57.pdf

Thailand has sense, in other words. 

[CharlieH]

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