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The Government of Thailand should open its borders to people fleeing violence and repression in Myanmar, refrain from pushing refugees back, and allow aid groups unfettered access to the new arrivals, Save the Children said today.

The Child Rights Coalition Thailand (CRC) offers its solidarity to children, youth, students and other people who participated in the protest at Pathumwan Intersection in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 October 2020, which law enforcement officials used violence to disperse. It is deeply regrettable that the state has taken measures that violate the rights of people through actions that could endanger protesters, including children and youths. Such actions could escalate the situation and risk further violence.  

“If the times are good, I see my parents every other year,” Naw Si Si says. She is 14 years old and lives with her grandmother in a wooden house on stilts in Thailand, close to the border with Myanmar. Naw Si Si is from the Pwo Karen ethnic group. Most migrants in her community are economic migrants, coming from Myanmar to Thailand.