#ForcedReturn
#China FM claims it has no knowledge of imminent #forcedreturn of #Uyghurs from #Thailand. A blatant lie: the Chinese govt has been driving the global hunt for Uyghur refugees for more than a decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w...
Fearing Deportation, Uyghurs Held in Thailand Go on Hunger Strike
Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in Thailand ever since.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps this time around instead of being “deeply distressed” after another #China govt #forcedreturn of #Uyghurs to persecution, #UN leadership could work harder to prevent #Thai govt from breaking law and to save people?

news.un.org/en/story/200...
UN refugee agency deplores forced return of Uighur asylum-seekers from Cambodia
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced deep distress at the forcible return of 20 ethnic Uighurs from China who had filed claims for asylum in Cambodia but whose cases had not yet been heard, sa...
news.un.org
January 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#UN #VolkerTurk #OHCHR and govts concerned about #Uyghurs should urgently step forward to offer safety to the 40+ ppl still at risk of #forcedreturn from #Thailand. It's been clear since at least 2009 what happens if #China govt gets its way in these cases. Action matters. apnews.com/article/uygh...
Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China
A group of Uyghurs who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists who say the men are at risk of abuse and tortur...
apnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
📊 Figure 3: Annual enforced returns by country (2014–2022).

The U.S. is an outlier—several orders of magnitude above others.

Germany ranks 2nd, ~5% of U.S. levels.
#MigrationStats #ForcedReturn #ComparativePolitics
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM