davemos Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Will the Thai governnent allow refugees from Ukraine ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandiRona Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 No....only tourists...with Thai Pass approved and paid in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audaciousnomad Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capella Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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