BBC Our World - Thailand's Asylum Crackdown (2016) 720p br br Chris Rogers reports on how Thailand treats its asylum seekers. Pakistani Christians fleeing extremist violence are the second largest group of asylum seekers in Thailand. Many - including children - are routinely rounded up and sent indefinitely to detention centres or worse the central jail where they are shackled and chained. Their crime: to be seeking asylum, in a country which does not recognise refugees.