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Asylum policy adjustments welcome
News, Editorial, Published on 21/01/2019
» The new, high-profile chief of immigration is promising an optimistic and extremely welcome change of policy. While the exact plans are being thrashed out, Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn pledges to provide more humane and professional treatment of refugees and asylum seekers.
Thailand extends detention of refugee footballer from Bahrain
AFP, Published on 04/12/2018
» A refugee footballer from Bahrain has been detained for another 12 days, an immigration official said Tuesday, as a rights group decried the "tug of war" over his fate.
Araibi treatment shocks Twitter
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/02/2019
» The government insisted Tuesday that the justice system must be allowed to run its course in the case involving the extradition of Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi, as a social media campaign against his extradition using the hashtag #BoycottThailand gathers steam.
Court extends detention of footballer
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/12/2018
» A refugee footballer from Bahrain has been detained for 12 days by the Immigration Bureau (IB), an official said Tuesday, as a tug of war commenced over his fate.
Araibi's lawyers mull new bail bid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/02/2019
» The legal team representing Hakeem al-Araibi, 25, is considering filing a new bail request for the refugee Bahraini footballer on Wednesday, Nadthasiri Bergman, one of the lawyers in the team said Sunday.
Bahrain values Thai ties, says FM
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/02/2019
» Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai says good relations between Thailand and Bahrain helped extricate Thailand from the controversy surrounding the Bahraini extradition request for footballer Hakeem al-Araibi, who has refugee status in Australia.
Refugee footballer freed
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/02/2019
» The Criminal Court has freed refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi after Bahrain dropped its extradition request, a public prosecutor said on Monday, following a global outcry over the risks he faced if sent back home.
Student satirists deliver their annual kick
Online Reporters, Published on 09/02/2019
» Colourful floats took aim at politics, pollution and persecution at the annual Thammasat-Chula football match on Saturday afternoon at the National Stadium in Bangkok.
Investigation ordered into disappeared Vietnamese blogger in Bangkok
Online reporters and Reuters, Published on 08/02/2019
» BANGKOK: The Immigration Bureau promised on Thursday to investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist believed to have been abducted at the northern Bangkok Future Park mall two weeks ago.
Corrections chief: refugee's ankle cuffs were necessary
King-oua Laohong, Published on 05/02/2019
» The use of ankle cuffs on Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi was a carefully-weighed decision to prevent any incidents while taking him to court, Narat Svetanan, director-general of the Corrections Department, said on Tuesday.