Thailand to give half a million people a path to citizenship
by editors@theworld.org (Patrick Winn) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6T162)
Countries from Europe to the Middle East to the US have seen an anti-migrant backlash and erected higher barriers to refugees. But Thailand is taking a step in the other direction: offering a path to citizenship for nearly half a million stateless people in its borders, a move the UN calls historic." The Thai government says it's a New Year's gift." The World's Patrick Winn reports from Thailand's northern hills.