Many Christians who are fleeing Islamic persecution in Pakistan are coming to Thailand only to be denied asylum and subjected to inhumane living conditions.
Recent events in the UK – a report submitted to Parliament and a new BBC documentary – have resurfaced the plight of Pakistani Christians fleeing to Thailand in search of asylum.
Just days after the grim discovery of a camp entombing 26 corpses in shallow graves, a team of officers trekked Khao Kheow mountain, dismantling eight huts with rumored links to a human-trafficking network.
Everyone in Bangkok knows how it works. Many of the countless massage parlors, go-go bars, and karaoke joints peppered throughout the city are frequently thinly veiled fronts for prostitution.
Lao officials arrested two Lao and two Thai Christians in Luang Namtha Province earlier this month, seizing them from a private residence in Long district.