Thais hold more migrants amid row

[Stramash]

i've heard alot about this. Wish we can take sum Action and try to stop it. Rather then bitting each other on forum.

Kick them all out

who?

The washed up fat headed whities.

I think Drlove actually meant any young, handsome farang guys who may compete with him with those bored thai housewives and girlfriends seeking a bit of action. :wink:

I've been told that he's a gay anyway, so he poses no problem to me, unless he tries to bum me.

pffft, misdirection.. Shoulder length hair yet Christine?

Its a stylish bob you tosser.

I bet Pam puts it in bunches behind closed doors you girly woofter

[drlovelife8]

i've heard alot about this. Wish we can take sum Action and try to stop it. Rather then bitting each other on forum.

Kick them all out

who?

The washed up fat headed whities.

I think Drlove actually meant any young, handsome farang guys who may compete with him with those bored thai housewives and girlfriends seeking a bit of action. :wink:

I've been told that he's a gay anyway, so he poses no problem to me, unless he tries to bum me.

Not gay beej, however, if i were to **** you it would certainly be with no condom till your ass bleeds............. keep with the anti-white jokes mate.......it suits you.

[LakeGeneve]

^ Nice guy!

The central dention centre is BKK is already overcrowded and the conditions are really not that great. Poor buggers.

Rohingya deaths spark anger - Activists want answers from rights commission Bkk Post byACHARA ASHAYAGACHAT and WIMOL NOOKAEW 20/08/2009

Human rights activists have lodged an appeal with the National Human Rights Commission asking it to investigate the deaths of two Rohingya illegal immigrants held in Ranong. The deaths have prompted immigration authorities to move the other Burmese minorities being held from the detention centre in the southern province to the head office in central Bangkok.

Chief of the Ranong immigration office Nattharit Pinpak said 55 migrants were put on a 10-wheel truck to Bangkok on Tuesday night. They reached the Immigration Bureau in Suan Phlu yesterday.

Abdul Salam, 20, died two months ago after vomiting blood several times. Last week, Hammatula, 18, died without any signs of distress, according to human rights activists. But Thongchai Keeratihatthayakorn, a doctor in Ranong, said the two had died of sudden inflammation of the heart. Immigration officials in Ranong said another 10 Rohingya detainees had fallen ill and had symptoms of fatigue. Dr Thongchai said they seemed to be suffering from malnutrition because of their long detention.

Thai Allied Committee for Desegregated Burma coordinator Nassir Achwarin said a number of non-governmental organisations had visited the Ranong detention centre and found the authorities would not allow doctors to see the detained Rohingya.

Mr Nassir said the two men died while in the custody of government authorities, which was a serious issue since they were denied the basic right of proper medical treatment. The committee yesterday asked the human rights commission to look into the issue, he said. "Their transfer to Suan Phlu is a temporary solution," Mr Nassir said. "The government must ensure these people will not be deported back to Burma and face persecution or punishment."

The two dead Rohingya were among 78 ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Burma's Arakan state and Bangladesh who landed in Thailand on Jan 27.Those thought to be from Bangladesh had already been taken to Bangkok. The Bangladesh embassy was verifying their nationality.

The Ranong Court has ordered each of the migrants to pay a 2,000 baht fine for illegally entering the country. But they have opted to serve jail sentences instead of paying the fine. They are waiting to be deported to Burma.

[LakeGeneve]

Not be deported?!? Thailand is going to accord them refugee status and give them residence? I seriously doubt that.

Rohingya 'won't be deported' Bkk Post ACHARA ASHAYAGACHAT 21/08/2009

The Immigration Bureau has allowed visitors rare access to Rohingya immigrants transferred from Ranong. The department also assured the immigrants they would not be thrown out of Thailand.

Immigration Bureau commissioner Chatchawal Suksomjit yesterday said the Rohingya would not be deported from Thailand, although the solution to the problem of illegal immigration rested with the governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Pol Lt Gen Chatchawal said a committee had been set up to investigate the deaths of two Rohingya during their detention in Ranong. Doctors previously said they had died of natural causes.

More than 30 Rohingya people stood flabbergasted on the concrete grounds at the detention centre at Suan Phlu yesterday while photographers took their pictures and senior immigration police officers and media tried to talk to them. Another group of Rohingya sat wearily in a nearby room waiting for a nurse to take care of them.

Chalida Thacharoensak, of the People's Empowerment group, and activists and Rohingya representatives from the Burmese Rohingya Association in Thailand were also given a chance to meet them after they were moved from the southern province on Tuesday.

Vachareeya Thanya-ananphol, a Jesuit Refugee Service nurse who tended to all the immigrants at the centre, said about 10 Rohingya needed food and medicine. "They feel very tired. Their legs are powerless and they feel itchy," Ms Vachareeya said.

Deputy Immigration Bureau chief Phitak Jarusombuti said the bureau would not reveal how long the Rohingya would be detained. He said they would get good care."The NGOs and the Rohingya from outside will also provide some humanitarian support," Pol Maj Gen Phitak said.

Seventy-eight Rohingya landed off Thailand's shores in January. The centre now has 93 Rohingya, including nine who were arrested in February in Bangkok.

[LakeGeneve]

Despair, then death: The Rohingya riddle Piyaporn Wongruang 23/08/2009 Bkk Post

The deaths of two teenagers held for seven months at Ranong detention centre highlight the inadequacies of government policies and facilities to deal with boat people

They say that despair can kill a man, and so it did with two teenage Rohingya held in the Ranong detention centre for seven months. Two doctors who treated the detainees at the centre said the pair basically starved themselves to death after becoming dispirited and refusing to eat or exercise. The official reason for the two teenagers' deaths is "natural causes" caused by cardiac arrest. "Their minds were just so sick that they lost enthusiasm for everything," said one of the doctors based at the centre who preferred to remain anonymous. "They refused to take food and they refused to move around. They told me that they were desperate and didn't know what to do with their lives any more. They told me that it's better to kill them than to detain them like this."

The deaths go to the heart of Thailand's problems dealing with illegal immigrants and refugees, and the inadequacy of current policies and facilities to deal with the growing number of cases.

Abdul Salam, 18, died on June 30 on the way to Ranong Hospital. Hammatula, 15, was found dead in the detention centre at 4am on Aug 13, a day after a medical check by one of the doctors. The two were among 78 ethnic Muslim Rohingya boat people fleeing Burma who were intercepted by the navy near Surin Island on Jan 26, and sent to the centre a few days later.

Abdul's and Hammatula's bodies were covered in wounds, after allegedly being tortured by the Burmese military during their boat trip, according to the doctor at the centre. The medical team treated the teenagers' wounds in the first few months of their detention, but the pair were overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness. According to the same doctor, they gradually became fatigued, hardly moving and sitting or lying down most of the time.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/22531/despair-then-death-the-rohingya-riddle