A group of asylum-seekers from an overseas Chinese Christian church, including dozens of children, arrived in the U.S. Friday with plans to pass through...
Launched in 2007, the nonprofit seeks to “rescue ‘last resort’ and the most severely persecuted Christians in hostile and restrictive countries. Through methods of resettlement, we save their voices, allowing the Gospel to continue through their lives,” according to
Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also known as the Mayflower Church, leave from the Nongprue police station on their way to Pattaya Provincial Court in Pattaya, Thailand, on March 31, 2023. More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand after receiving U.N. refugee status will be deported by next week, probably to a third country, officials said Wednesday, April 5.
“In China under President Xi Jinping, leaders and members of ‘house churches’ that refuse to join official churches increasingly face harassment, arbitrary arrests, and imprisonment,” saidThe asylum-seekers came to Thailand in 2022 to escape persecution by Chinese authorities, Human Rights Watch said. They cannot get their visas renewed, because Thailand’s immigration regulations require Chinese nationals to report to the Chinese Embassy first, the group said.
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