A Somali infant lived more than three years in an overcrowded and unsanitary room.
Due to a lack of space, a 9-year-old girl and her younger brother regularly slept sitting up during their three-year detention.
Every year, Thailand arbitrarily and indefinitely detains thousands of child migrants and asylum seekers due to their immigration status or that of their parents, according to a new report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The children are exposed to violence, denied access to education, nutritious food, and space for recreation, and held in squalid conditions in what amounted to a “modern-day debtor’s prison” until their parents could pay for their repatriation, said the report.
Such detentions are not in accordance with international law, violate children’s rights, risk their health and wellbeing and threaten their development, the U.S.-based rights group added. Full story...
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Due to a lack of space, a 9-year-old girl and her younger brother regularly slept sitting up during their three-year detention.
Every year, Thailand arbitrarily and indefinitely detains thousands of child migrants and asylum seekers due to their immigration status or that of their parents, according to a new report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The children are exposed to violence, denied access to education, nutritious food, and space for recreation, and held in squalid conditions in what amounted to a “modern-day debtor’s prison” until their parents could pay for their repatriation, said the report.
Such detentions are not in accordance with international law, violate children’s rights, risk their health and wellbeing and threaten their development, the U.S.-based rights group added. Full story...
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