Thailand, a predominantly Buddhist country, takes pride in having compassion as a core societal value. Thus, how astonishing the contradiction that it is the only nation that officially refuses to aid child refugees.
Thailand ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992. It is the only nation out of the 193 signatories to reject Article 22, which commits to taking all necessary steps to protect and help refugee and asylum-seeking children.
