{"id":226,"date":"2023-04-19T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:26:41","slug":"detention-deportation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/protection\/detention-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Detention &amp; Deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\"><strong>ATTENTION! Your refugee status or card does not give you legal status in Thailand or replace a valid passport and visa. If your visa has expired or you entered Thailand illegally, Thai authorities still consider you an \u201cillegal alien.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#abb7c230;grid-template-columns:auto 36%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The following information is meant for people who are registered with Thailand UNHCR and have a valid UNHCR card:<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2023\/07\/Sample-of-UNHCR-Thailand-Card.jpg\" alt=\"Sample of UNHCR Thailand Card\" class=\"wp-image-539 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2023\/07\/Sample-of-UNHCR-Thailand-Card.jpg 885w, https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2023\/07\/Sample-of-UNHCR-Thailand-Card-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2023\/07\/Sample-of-UNHCR-Thailand-Card-768x477.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, any refugee and asylum seeker without a valid visa is at risk of arrest on immigration charges.\u00a0If you have already been charged with an immigration violation, you will be brought to the Immigration Detention Center (IDC).<br><br>Please note that the UNHCR hotline is now <strong>limited to urgent deportation-related incidents only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If an arrest or detention occurs, <strong>you or someone you know may report the incident to UNHCR by completing the online reporting form<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fe%2FbgUVgLhxwU&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cdumitres%40unhcr.org%7C8fb04a99110f44eac2d808de501d2394%7Ce5c37981666441348a0c6543d2af80be%7C0%7C0%7C639036283241501068%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PabDTgxCd3llUGctER053TcpAiPS0%2FJDRcSM3RKmrek%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Detention\/Arrest Incident Submission \/ \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e23\u0e32\u0e22\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e15\u0e38\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENTION! Your refugee status or card does not give you legal status in Thailand or replace a valid passport and visa. If your visa has expired or you entered Thailand illegally, Thai authorities still consider you an \u201cillegal alien.\u201d The following information is meant for people who are registered with Thailand UNHCR and have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":230,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1241,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226\/revisions\/1241"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/thailand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}