A family of Zimbabwe has been able to leave the airport after spending three months at the Bangkok airport in Bangkok. The family left the airport on Monday in the intervention of the United Nations.
The family has four children and four adult members under the age of 11. In May last year, the family first came to Bangkok. When the family tried to move from there in October, they see that they do not have the appropriate visa. The family could not enter Thailand again, because their travel visa had expired. Due to the expiry of their term, they have to count. Meanwhile, the family said they would not be able to return to their country Zimbabwe. Because they will be victims of torture there.
In December, an airport employee posted a picture of a family of a family saying that due to unresolved circumstances, the family is living at the airport. After the post, the matter came to the notice of everyone.
The family prayed for help from the United Nations, saying they were afraid of facing repression when they returned to the country in the wake of protests in Zimbabwe last November. Zimbabwe's longtime leader Robert Mugabe was ousted in the protest.
In view of the family's request, the UN said, they are considering the matter. During this time the family was living at the airport. The airport staffers looked after them.
The Thai Immigration Bureau's spokesman said the family had to leave the airport last Monday. The family leaves the airport to the Philippines. There are refugees from the United Nations refugee agency. However, it is not clear whether the refugee family is the final destination of the family.