News Forum - UPDATE: Beauty queen seeking asylum will not be sent to Myanmar

[Thaiger]

Amid confusion over the status of the Burmese beauty queen in limbo at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, she can at least take solace that she will not be sent back to Myanmar where she faces arrest. Han Lay, the 23 year old beauty queen, has been held upon arrival into Thailand on Wednesday with reports first saying she had been arrested, and then updates said she had not, but was being denied entry into Thailand where she had sought asylum due to a passport irregularity. The “irregularity” is speculated to be that the Burmese military junta has revoked the passport of […]

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1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Han Lay says she is unsure how long she will remain in limbo at the Bangkok airport, or how long the asylum process for Canada will take. She hopes the UNHCR will give priority to her case and not leave her stranded for long.

Ship her back to Vietnam or put her into the Immigration Detention Centre so she can join the queue of others seeking asylum.