Thailand: Ethnic Karen Face Deportation to Myanmar

Click to expand Image An immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, February 26, 2025. 2025 Jerry Harmer/AP Photo (Bangkok) -Thai authorities should halt the imminent deportation of 26 ethnic Karen villagers from Phetchaburi province to Myanmar and release them from immigration detention, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 10, 2026, district and forestry officials along with the Thai militaryraided the Karen community in Ban Pa Deng village in Phetchaburi province's Kaeng Krachan National Park, targeting those without proof of Thai citizenship. The authorities arrested twenty-eight villagers, including eight children and two pr…