THAILAND: UNHCR details plight of Hmong refugees

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Updated August 22, 2007 20:08:32

The UN refugee agency has drawn attention to the plight of almost 150 Hmong refugees, most of them children, detained for months by the Thai authorities in what the UN calls deplorable conditions. Several countries, including Australia, have offered the group resettlement visas, but Thailand has so far refused to release them. The UNHCR says it's been negotiating with Bangkok without success since December to get them freed, and the group has also gone on a brief hunger strike in protest.

Presenter: Tom Fayle
Speakers: Kitty McKenzie, spokeswoman for the UNHCR in Asia

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