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Written Question
Thailand and Vietnam: Religious Freedom
Thursday 13th March 2025

Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the arrest in Thailand of Montagnard Protestants while attending a funeral and of the dangers they will face if repatriated to Vietnam.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK Embassy in Bangkok is following the arrests of Montagnard Protestants in Thailand. This includes liaising with the relevant authorities to understand potential next steps, taking into account the 2024 report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation facing Montagnard Protestants in Vietnam. We continue to urge all governments to uphold their international human rights obligations, including the non-refoulement principle.

Parliamentary Research
Myanmar's civil war - CBP-10227
Apr. 09 2025

Found: Thailand, due to its historic links with the Tatmadaw, and also reflective of fears that the collapse

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jan. 31 2025

Source Page: Exportation of cannabis from Thailand to the UK is prohibited
Document: Read more (PDF)

Found: or Malaysia, any licensed warehouse or any bonded area of either the Kingdom of Thailand or Malaysia

Deposited Papers
Home Office

Mar. 01 2010

Source Page: International Challenges, International Solutions: Managing the movement of people and goods. 32 p.
Document: DEP2010-0542.pdf (PDF)

Found: 2,540 individuals including Liberian refugees from Guinea and Sierra Leone, Burmese refugees from Thailand

Select Committee
English Collective of Prostitutes
 MSA0074 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: A 2014 survey found that when arrests of sex workers and clients were high, only 5% of sex workers

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Border Force

Dec. 12 2023

Source Page: Thousands of illegal wildlife products seized by Border Force
Document: Thousands of illegal wildlife products seized by Border Force (webpage)

Found: Internationally, there were 2,114 seizures and some 500 arrests.

Deposited Papers
Home Office

Oct. 18 2011

Source Page: A review of the United Kingdom's extradition arrangements. 487 p.
Document: DEP2011-1628.pdf (PDF)

Found: Article 92 of the Schengen Convention 11 Protocol 19 of the TFEU ~ 76 ~ likely to lead to more arrests

Westminster Hall
Persecution of Buddhists: Tibet - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We are aware of reports of politically motivated detentions and arrests of Tibetans, as well as mistreatment - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Chinese leaders from the Tibet Autonomous Region are visiting the likes of Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Export Control Joint Unit

Dec. 17 2024

Source Page: UK strategic export controls annual report 2023
Document: (PDF)

Found: Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva visited Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Business and Trade

Dec. 17 2024

Source Page: UK strategic export controls annual report 2023
Document: (PDF)

Found: Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva visited Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand