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Thailand to cooperate with UNHCR to help 857 Rohingya people

Thailand to cooperate with UNHCR to help 857 Rohingya people

Thailand will be working closely with international organisations, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in efforts to extend help to 857 Rohingya people found illegally entering Thailand earlier this month.

 

“We will proceed in line with laws and humanitarian principle,” Foreign Affairs Ministry’s permanent secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow said Tuesday.
He said UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef), had expressed concerns and the wish to help the Rohingya people. 
“So, we will have close discussions on what to do next. Otherwise, when the legal process in Thailand is completed, we will have to consider deporting them,” Sihasak said at a press conference.
The Nation
 
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