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There are rays of hope in Bangkok
News, Nicky Davies, Published on 30/10/2023
» It's not been widely covered, but the world is making progress in significantly reducing plastic production. This was on display at the Economist Impact's Global Plastics Summit in Bangkok this month and will continue in Nairobi next month.
Where did you Sleep Last Night?
James JBY, Liam Davies, Childline Thailand Foundation, Published on 30/12/2020
» If you slept safely in your own bed last night then you're more fortunate than Foto and his family. Foto is only 7 years old, has never been to school and can't read or write. His family was forced to leave their home in Suphan Buri and ended up on the streets of Bangkok where he and his sister, aged 9, resorted to begging. Together with their mother and father they slept on the banks of the canals or outside Hua Lamphong railway station. During Thailand's Covid-19 lockdown in March life became even harder for the family as the deserted streets meant fewer opportunities to beg for money.
A new era for refugee protection in Thailand?
News, Themba Lewis & Daniel Davies, Published on 19/03/2020
» On Sept 26, 2016, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged to establish a national screening mechanism to distinguish people in need of international protection from other migrants in Thailand, implicitly acknowledging Thailand's responsibility towards refugees for the first time. Now, in 2020, Thailand is poised to make good on the commendable commitments made. The National Screening Mechanism will come into effect in June, legally recognising, for the first time, a category of non-citizens who would be at risk if deported. Human rights advocates, refugees and Thai civil society are cautiously optimistic that the much-anticipated policy could usher in a new era of humanitarianism in Thai immigration policy.