If someone is given temporary refugee status by the UNHCR, and documents to prove this, then Thailand should respect this and allow these people to live freely, while further investigations take place. Surely, these people have suffered enough persecution in their own countries without being further punished, or even returned to face certain death in their home countries! At the moment, we are allowed to speak relatively freely here in Thailand. graemeaylwardMaybe you did not see this in the report: “Many of the adults were charged with overstaying their visas or other immigration violations.”They are overstaying at here. So they had the chance to get a longer visa, but for some reason didn’t take it.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 07, 2017 18:11 UTC