3.1.6. Uncertainty of Future Life Plans of URAS

All URAS interviewees informed that they did not have any clear long-life plans. They hoped for a resettlement in a third country, but if such a plan was not feasible, they wished to continue living in Thailand.

'I was hoping, you know, to get freedom, to start a really new life as Thai people do . . . Or that we can work to start our life. I have plan to start education if I can, but I know I cannot.' (G2)

Some of the interviewees (E2 and F2) commented that the process of resettlement was extremely long and arduous. At the same time, the process for settlement in Thailand was problematic. Some URAS entered the country as a tourist but lived here even after the visa expired.
