Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...

Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Burma known to be friendly to the Rangoon government.
The immigrants faced severe punishment if they ended up being handed over to Burmese soldiers, said Mr Wasant, who visited the immigrants at their shelter in Ban Rai Pa.
One immigrant, who asked not to be named, said sending him back was tantamount to a death sentence, as the junta kept the names of people who fled.