Thai authorities have convicted 70 Pakistani asylum seekers of staying illegally in Thailaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd despite their prote𝔍stations that they face persecution if they are sent home.
Theꦯ Taling Chan Provincial Court on Thursday issued fines and up to two-month suspended jail sentences to the group, whicไh was charged with overstaying their visas and illegal entry.
An🔯 officer in charge of the case said they will be held in a detention center until they are deported.
One of the defendants said the group consists mostly of Christian Pakistanis and some Ahmadi Muslims, and that mem🀅bers of the two religious groups risk persecution in Pakistan.
Th♚a🍒iland regularly deports foreigners who are in the country illegally, even if they are recognised by the United Nations as refugees fleeing persecution.
AP
