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'''Thailand''', officially the '''Kingdom of Thailand''', formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the [[Indochina]] peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by [[Burma]] and [[Laos]], to the east by Laos and [[Cambodia]], to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and [[Malaysia]], and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include [[Vietnam]] in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and [[Indonesia]] and [[India]] on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. The [[age of consent]] in Thailand is 15 (18 for prostitutes). | '''Thailand''', officially the '''Kingdom of Thailand''', formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the [[Indochina]] peninsula in [[Southeast Asia]]. It is bordered to the north by [[Burma]] and [[Laos]], to the east by Laos and [[Cambodia]], to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and [[Malaysia]], and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include [[Vietnam]] in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and [[Indonesia]] and [[India]] on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. The [[age of consent]] in Thailand is 15 (18 for prostitutes). | ||
[[UNICEF]] estimates the number of Thai children involved in prostitution to be between 60,000 and 200,000, though the organization says the exact number is difficult to track. One of the rationales sometimes given by those who travel to Thailand for child sex is that "they are helping the children financially better themselves and their families," according to Sowmia Nair, a [[U.S. Department of Justice]] agent. In this way, the child sex tourist "is helping the child and the child's family to escape economic hardship."<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2325416</ref> | |||
==Travel restrictions== | ==Travel restrictions== | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 7 March 2015
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. The age of consent in Thailand is 15 (18 for prostitutes).
UNICEF estimates the number of Thai children involved in prostitution to be between 60,000 and 200,000, though the organization says the exact number is difficult to track. One of the rationales sometimes given by those who travel to Thailand for child sex is that "they are helping the children financially better themselves and their families," according to Sowmia Nair, a U.S. Department of Justice agent. In this way, the child sex tourist "is helping the child and the child's family to escape economic hardship."[1]
Travel restrictions
The Immigration Act states that aliens are to be excluded if they have been imprisoned "by the judgement of the Court of foreign country, except when the penalty is for petty offense or negligence or is provided for as an exception in the Ministerial Regulations"; or if they are aliens "Having behavior which would indicated possible danger to the public or likelihood of being a nuisance or constituting any violence to the peace or safety of the public or to the security of the public or to the security of the nation, or being under warrant of arrest by competent officials of foreign governments" or if there is "Reason to believe that entrance into the Kingdom was for the purpose of being involved in prostitution, the trading of woman of children, drug smuggling, or other types of smuggling which are contrary to the public morality."[2]
