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Thai officials visit Uyghurs repatriated by Thailand to China
A Thai government delegation, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Additional Minister of Defense Vachaichai and Minister of Justice Thawi Sodsong, arrived in Kashgar on Wednesday morning, March 19, and began examining the conditions of the Uyghurs who were repatriated from Thailand to China on February 27 of this year.
According to the Thai newspaper Al-Milla, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xu Datong received the Thai delegation and held talks with Qi Yanjun, Vice Foreign Minister in charge of daily affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, about the visit. During the talks, the Chinese side provided the Thai delegation with information about the resettlement conditions of the Uyghurs returning from Thailand. It is not yet clear who the Thai delegation will meet among the 40 Uyghurs repatriated to China on February 27.
According to Al-Milla, Thai government spokesman Jirayu stated that the delegation will be divided into two groups to visit Uyghur families residing within 100 kilometers of Kashgar, and that both groups will be accompanied by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The sudden return of 40 Uyghurs to China by Thai authorities on February 27, after more than 11 years of detention in Thailand, was not only condemned by human rights organizations, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees, and the European Parliament, but also drew sanctions from the US government.
The US State Department announced a visa ban on Thai officials responsible for the repatriation of the Uyghurs. However, reports indicate that Thai Deputy Prime Minister Vachaichai told reporters before departing for Kashgar on March 18 that the delegation would not be able to visit every Uyghur because the distances between them were too great and that they would communicate via video link with those they could not visit.
According to available information, the Thai delegation will also visit the Id Kah Mosque, meet with local Muslim communities, hold videoconferences with Uyghurs, meet with Ma Xingrui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the so-called Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and participate in a reception dinner at a Kashgar hotel. However, Thai human rights organizations are now accusing the visit of being part of an attempt to justify China's "Xinjiang policy" (East Turkistan).