The expulsion of Thailand, a group of around 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to

communist Laos, despite international concerns about its safety.
Thai officials have said unarmed troops began to close in the field of

Hmong in the northern province of Phetchabun.
Thailand described as economic refugees. The Hmong say they face

persecution in Laos, because the U.S. backed troops during the Vietnam

War.
The United States has urged Thailand to immediately cancel.
UN asks Thailand plans to deport call.
The United States strongly urges the Thai authorities to suspend the

process, said State Department spokesman in the U.S., Ian Kelly.
We urge the Lao PDR to treat humanely all Hmong returned involuntarily to

facilitate access of international observers and resettlement of all

possible opportunities for returnees, he said.
Note that the two are held by the United Nations Office for Refugees and

the Thai government, many Hmong people in need of protection because the

risks can be found in Laos.
We deeply regret that a serious violation of international humanitarian

principles that Thailand is known for a long time for compromise, said

Kelly.
Thai government spokesman PANITHAN Wattanayakorn told the BBC that

officials from about 100 of them even expelled.
However, Thailand had been assured that people will be forgiven after his

return to Laos, he added.
Thana Col Charuvat, coordination of cooperation is to return, said about

5,000 soldiers, officers and civilian volunteers, the camp at Huay Nam

Khao village, arrived Monday morning.
The operation began at 0530 (2230 GMT Sunday), he told reporters. The

operation is expected in a day. He said the soldiers were unarmed,

although equipped with shields and batons.
More than 2,000 Hmong from the camp in mid-afternoon away, he said.
Taken to a nearby staging area, which will be buses to take the city on

the border with Thailand, Nong Khai and then again in Laos.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, said there is no contradiction

between the inhabitants of the camp, a removable media.
Journalists and other groups were not allowed outside the camp.
Sunai Phasuk, a member of the group Human Rights Watch in Thailand, said

that mobile phone signals inside the camp was to call froze.
Hundreds of thousands of Hmong fled Laos after the communist Pathet

Movement took power in 1975.
Many are regulated in the United States, Australia and other countries,

but remains a significant population of Laos and complained of persecution

by the authorities.
Some Hmong have been waging a low-level insurgency against the government

since 1975.