According to the Lianhe Zaobao, recently, the Thai Immigration Bureau said that it would implement a refugee screening mechanism, initially screening 5000 refugees and asylum seekers living in cities to help them obtain the status of "protected persons" and obtain temporary residence permits. They would be able to enjoy medical care and education opportunities in Thailand, but could not work in Thailand.

Many refugeesAsylum seekers and rights defenders have reservations about this mechanism, as it allows committees led by the police to screen asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. If this mechanism is abused, it may lead to some refugees being expelled and repatriated to their countries of origin. It is reported that Thailand is not the United NationsThe contracting parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees did not have a set of refugee laws or effective asylum procedures, so the Thai government has not distinguished refugees or asylum seekers from illegal immigrants.

01Cambodia and Thailand plan to jointly exploit overlapping sea resources

According to the Cambodian China Times, the Minister of Mines and Energy of Cambodia recently met with the Thai Ambassador to Cambodia. The two sides discussed strengthening energy and oil cooperation between the two countries. The Cambodian side emphasized that Cambodia is open to the issue of oil exploration in overlapping sea areas. It is reported that as early as January this year, the Thai cabinet discussed the progress of Cambodia Thailand's joint exploration of offshore oil and gas fields through a "closed door meeting". It is expected that the future cooperation between the two countries will adopt the joint exploration of overlapping sea oil and gas resources agreement reached by China and Malaysia as a draft.

According to the survey, the overlapping sea areas of Cambodia and Thailand are approximatelyAn overlapping sea area of 26000 square kilometers, four of Cambodia's six offshore oil and gas fields are located in Cambodia and ThailandOverlapping sea areas require mutual agreement between the two countries in order to jointly exploit them. Cambodia and Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint development of overlapping sea areas in 2001. However, after the Thaksin government was overthrown by military personnel, Thailand abolished the memorandum in 2009. Now, with Thaksin at the core, the Thai Party has regained power, and the two countries immediately resumed negotiations on the joint exploitation of overlapping sea areas.