<p>I have finally obtained cast-iron proof that a Thai national was granted refugee status in the UK in 2009 after I made direct contact with the relevant UK Government ministry responsible for deciding who recieves refugee status in the UK.</p> <p>The result was that a spokesperson from the UK's <a href="http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/">Home Office</a>, the UK Government ministry that controls the <a href="http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/">Border Agency</a>, confirmed that at least one Thai national was granted refugee status in the UK in 2009.</p>

<p>Earlier this month I made contact with a Thai national who has been granted refugee status in the UK. She lives in a simple house, on a typical street, in a very typical, provincial English town. &ldquo;Tan&rdquo; (her identity, for her protection, remains anonymous) endured so many threats to her person from people she asserts were connected to the extremist right-wing yellow-shirted PAD, that she felt forced to flee Thailand and seek refuge in a different country.</p>