Global Newsstand: Thailand should not impede those who are seeking asylum, and more
The Nation / Bangkok, ThailandThailand should not impede those who are seeking asylum
“The fate of a Saudi woman on her way to Australia, where she has a visa and seeks to obtain asylum, teetered in the balance in Bangkok [on Jan. 7]...,” states an editorial. “Amid Thailand’s apparent willingness to deport [Rahaf al-Qunun] back to Saudi Arabia, rights lawyers representing her failed to get a Bangkok
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