Brussels, 02/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Union welcomed the turnaround in the situation in Thailand, where the government finally halted its plans to forcibly deport a group of 153 Hmongs to Laos. Most of these people, originally from Laos where they suffer persecution, enjoy refugee status according to UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) procedures, says the German presidency on a press release. The presidency says it considers the deportation “to...