Ban on care for migrants forces medical charity out of Thailand

By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent

Friday, 7 October 2011

The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières said it has been forced to end its operations in Thailand following interference from the government over its treatment of undocumented migrant workers.

Medical professionals fear many thousands of migrant workers could be unable to get regular medical care after the organisation ends more than 30 years of operations in the country.

"We had enormous difficulties with the authorities to find strategies acceptable to them and us," the organisation's head of mission in Thailand, Denis Penoy, told the Agence France-Presse. "We were forced to close one of our private clinics and pushed to close the other. We will not conduct any more activities and will have no representation in Thailand."

Source:The Independent

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