In this report, Human Rights Watch examines the conditions and lives of migrant and refugee children detained for extended periods of time in squalid detention facilities in Thailand. These conditions and the arbitrary treatment of these children are found to be in violation of children’s rights, deteriorates their health and wellbeing, and imperils their development – physically, emotionally, and through lack of regular education.

Human Rights Watch calls on the government of Thailand to immediately cease detention of children for reasons of their immigration status.