Thailand has defended the deportation decision because the United States says it will impose visa restrictions on official complications in the deportation.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio has announced restrictions against AGAINST unknown numbers in Thailand. At least 40 uigurs Last month, China can be persecuted in spite of doubts.
Rubio said in a statement on Friday that he was immediately imposing visa restrictions on the existing and former officers responsible for the deportation. No Thai Officer Officer officials have been named.
For many years, the rights groups have been accusing China of widespread atrocities, including A large number of arrest of UgersOf the about 10 million people in the west of Shinjiang, mainly the Muslim ethnic minority. Beijing rejected the claims.
Rubio said, “We are committed to face China’s efforts to put pressure on governments to bring back Uiggurus and other groups to China, where they are subject to harassment and implementation,” said Rubio.
Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday that he has explained to the countries that express their concern about the safety of men, and China has harmed them and Thailand will pursue their welfare.
The ministry said in a statement that “Thailand has always maintained a long tradition of humanism, especially for more than half a century and will provide assistance to displaced persons from different countries,” the ministry said in a statement.
Thailand’s Defense and Justice Ministers said that next week, they prepared a trip to visit men in China. Many Thai journalists were invited to join them.
Thai authorities were detained by more than 300 Uiighers who escaped in 2014 in 2014. Until February, Thai MPs and international officials urged them to send them back to China, but till February, Uiighers remained in Thai’s possession.
In China, Rubio condemned the return “in the strongest possible words” by saying “Uyagurus has been persecuted, forced labor and torture”.
In a Facebook post, the Chinese embassy in Bangkok said that 40 Chinese citizens were “smuggled” returned to Xinjiang in a chartered flight and they first returned home and reunited with their families for more than 10 years.
Rubio was a long -term critic of Beijing, and in 2020, he had twice approved by the Chinese government in 2020 with the support of Uighur and the rights of the people in Hong Kong.