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Lawyers Council takes up deportation case of undocumented children

The 126 children were attending the Thairath Wittaya School 6 in Ang Thong’s Pa Mok District.

All except five of them have already been deported. The five remaining children aged 6-14 years are still in limbo, as their parents have yet to show up to collect them, said the council president Wichien Chubthaisong.

Lawyers Council takes up deportation case of undocumented children

“54 of these children have been studying at the school for some time, while the rest were newcomers,” he said. “Sending them back in the middle of a school semester is a violation of the human right to education, not to mention unethical.”

Wichien said the council would also file charges against five executives of Thairath Wittaya School 6 for allowing the deportation in violation of human rights principles.

Lawyers Council takes up deportation case of undocumented children

School director Kanlaya Thasom told reporters…

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