Self-exiled group arrested in Pattaya for overstaying visas fears deportation
Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church visit the Asia-Pacific headquarters of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Bangkok on Sept 5 last year to apply for asylum. (Photo by Pastor Pan Yongguang)
More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying their visas are now at a police facility in Bangkok awaiting the authorities’ next move.
Human rights organisations are appealing to Thailand not to deport the 32 adults and 31 children who belong to the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, saying they would face persecution in China.
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