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Chinese Christians arrive in US after Thai detention

Supporters thank Thai and US governments for expediting case after arrests for overstaying visas

Police speak with members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church at a Pattaya resort on March 30, after receiving information that the Chinese visitors’ visas had expired. They left Thailand on Friday to be resettled in the United States.

More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were detained for overstaying their visas in Thailand have arrived in the United States where they will seek permanent asylum in Texas.

The asylum-seekers arrived at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Friday night local time with plans to resettle in Tyler, 150 kilometres southeast of Dallas, the Dallas Morning News…

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