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in camps. It also urges the State party to ensure that the principle of non-refoulement is
respected in decisions with respect to these children, in particular former child soldiers.
The Committee also reiterates its previous recommendations and urges the State party
to ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967
Optional Protocol.

Children of migrant workers

68. While acknowledging the State party’s efforts to register children of migrant families,
it is still deeply concerned about their vulnerability in Thailand. The alleged human rights
violations of migrant workers and their family members, such as arbitrary arrests and detention
by local police, give cause for serious concern. The Committee regrets that many families, even
pregnant women with small children, are deported despite their fear of persecution. In addition,
the Committee notes with particular concern that children of migrant workers lack access to a
range of health and education services, including those related to HIV/AIDS prevention and care,
that their living conditions are often extremely poor and that many of them work long hours in
hazardous conditions.

69. The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent measures to ensure
that the children of migrant workers or their family members, in particular non-registered
migrants, are not arbitrarily arrested, detained or persecuted and that if they are to be
returned to their country of origin, the principle of non-refoulement should be respected.
It recommends that the children of migrant workers are ensured access to health and
social services and to education in accordance with the principle of non-discrimination.
Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party ratify the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families.

Economic exploitation and child labour

70. The Committee notes that a National Plan of Action for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour (2004-2009) has been introduced. It also notes with appreciation the
State party’s cooperation with the International Labour Organization’s International Programme
on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC). Despite these positive measures, the
Committee remains concerned at the widespread occurrence of economic exploitation, including
child labour, in the State party. It is also concerned that the Labour Protection Act does not
cover children working in the informal sector (for example agriculture, small-scale family
enterprises and domestic service).

71. The Committee recommends that the State party:

(a) Effectively implement domestic labour laws;

(b) Extend the Labour Protection Act to ensure protection for children working
in the informal sector;