Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Thailand about the repatriation of Uyghur refugees to China.

As the Foreign Secretary has made clear through a public statement, the UK disagrees in the strongest terms with Thailand's decision to deport 40 Uyghur Muslims to China. This is despite Thailand's international obligations in relation to non-refoulement and the well-documented ongoing human rights violations in Xinjiang. The Government has made representations to the Government of Thailand at the highest levels: the Foreign Secretary raised this issue with Thailand's Foreign Minister, and the Minister for the Indo-Pacific raised it with Thailand's Ambassador.