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Earlier this week, some 4,000 ethnic Hmong Lao
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tians were deported from Thailand, although many had been there for over 30 years and some were recognized as being in need of international protection. We urge the Government of Thailand to stop immediately all expulsions, to grant access to relevant international organizations, notably UNHCR [the UN High Comm
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issioner for Refugees], and to take all necessary measures to ensure that the human rights of the Hmong are scrupulously respected, Manfred Nowak and Jorge A. Bustamante, the Special Rapporteurs on torture
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and the human rights of migrants, respectively, said in a joint statement issued today.Mr. Nowak underscored that the fact that no independent and reliable pre-screening mechanism is in place to assess whether these individuals would be at risk of torture violates international human rights norms. Under the principle of non-refoulement, no State should expel, return or extradite a person to another State where he or she would be