Yesterday, police in Chiang Rai started the method of repatriating 126 Burmese children who lack official registration documents. These kids, aged between seven and sixteen years outdated, were college students at a faculty in Ang Thong and have been shipped on 4 buses with plans to transfer them to five separate shelters before sending them back to their house nation. This action has drawn criticism as it’s opposite to the rules of the Child Protection Act, and exposes youngsters to the potential hazards of a war zone.
The children have been accompanied by representatives from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, as well as Lieutenant Thitawat Suriyachai, an officer in digital crime investigations. It was famous that these children, who lacked Thai nationality, attended a school in Ang Thong province. However, Expert from the Office of the Basic Education Commission in Ang Thong into this unusually large group revealed that these kids have been brought from Myanmar to study. Consequently, costs had been filed in opposition to the varsity director and efforts have been initiated to return these kids to their home nation, plucking them abruptly from their training, reported KhaoSod.
Tuenchai Deeted, a former member of the Chiang Rai Provincial Council, cited the closing of small faculties by the Ministry of Education as a cause of this problem. Smaller schools feel pressured to convey in college students from elsewhere to maintain operational numbers. However, she famous children from neighbouring countries come to Thailand for safer living situations because of ongoing conflicts of their homeland.
Santipong Moonfuang, manager of the Foundation for the Status of Stateless Persons, argued that these kids should be protected under the Child Right Convention and the Child Protection Act. They ought to face no expenses or pressured repatriation, contemplating the unsafe situations from where they have probably migrated. He talked about that these issues have been dropped at the eye of the National Human Rights Commission, urging that the relevant agencies act swiftly..