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However, cases of domestic and family violence, especially violence against women, have
increased as high as 84% according to statistics while discrimination against LGBT people
can still be found. The NHRCT recommends that the government consider measures to end

violence against women in families by solving the problem at the root causes in accordance
with the recommendations by the CEDAW committee. It should also promote greater access
to basic services for female sex workers and obtain their participation in giving opinion on
the amendment of prevention and suppression of prostitution law as direct stakeholders.

There should be measures and mechanisms for monitoring and follow-up to eradicate cases
of sexual abuse and harassment in state agencies.

With regard to persons with legal status and rights problem, the Ministry of Interior
has made concerted efforts to remove factors which hinder the process of consideration
in granting status and nationality to them, speeding up the process without creating more
burden on the people who filed such requests. For example, setting clearer operational
procedures or guidelines for consideration in granting status/nationality has positively resulted

in the higher number of people granted with Thai nationality than the set target. Moreover,
the government has embarked on providing additional basic health services to this group
of people. Also seen is closer cooperation and more integration among state agencies
concerned in solving the problem of school students whose identification number begins
with the letter G. However, there are still as many as 480,694 persons with status and
nationality problem, while difficulties at operational level persist and have yet to be

overcome, e.g. problem in finding reliable witnesses who can confirm proof of a person’s
identity, and problems regarding operational mechanisms, limited personnel and budgets
compared to the number of the target population.

Regarding protection of asylum-seekers/refugees, the state agencies concerned are
in the process of laying down criteria and guidelines under the Regulation of the Office of
the Prime Minister on the Screening of Aliens who Enter into the Kingdom and are Unable
to Return to the Country of Origin, B.E. 2562 (2019). The Regulation is therefore not yet

put into practice. Also, the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on the
Determination of Measures and Alternative Approaches to Detention of Children in Immigration
Detention Centers, B.E. 2562 (2019) is under process, particularly in setting the standard
operating procedure (SOP). However, in practice, the Immigration Bureau has sought
cooperation from the Department of Children and Youth to protect children in vulnerable

circumstances by sending them, together with their mothers, to be looked after at shelter
homes under the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security or those run by the
private sector. As regards Myanmar asylum seekers fleeing fighting in their home country,
repatriation cannot be done during 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic situation.

On the issue of persons with legal status and rights problem, the NHRCT recommends
to the government and related agencies that sufficient personnel and budget be allocated

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National Human Rights Commission of Thailand