Bangkok Post
The planned deportation of about 1,700 Karen refugees back to Burma yesterday has been shelved temporarily because of mounting domestic and international pressure.
Activists, led by the Friends of Burma and the Karen Women's Organisation (KWO), yesterday submitted a letter of appeal to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva following an earlier call seeking suspension of the deportation which failed.
They had asked the National Security Council and the ministries of interior and foreign affairs to stop the plan to send the refugees back to Burma.
The 3rd Army had initially said the deportation would take place yesterday. But the plan has been halted for the time being as opposition to the policy has been increasing.
The Karen refugees fled to Thailand last year following a summer military offensive by the military junta.
The Karen refugees fled to Thailand last year following a summer military offensive by the military junta.
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