Activists call for more humane treatment of migrants in Immigration custody for years
The Immigration Bureau has confirmed that a 49-year-old Uyghur asylum seeker who had been detained for years at the Bangkok Immigration Detention Centre had died.
A source familiar with the case told the Bangkok Post that following the man’s death, authorities contacted the office of the Chularatchamontree — the leader of Thailand’s Muslim community — to arrange for his immediate burial.
According to Islamic custom, a Muslim…