for determining the status and rights of certain groups of stateless persons and ensured their right to fundamental healthcare. Nevertheless, limited personnel and budgetary constraints remained. School children whose identification number begins with the letter “G” (G students group) faced problems accessing the fundamental right to healthcare. As for the protection of asylum seekers/refugees, there have been continuous arrivals from Myanmar to Thailand due to the unrest situation in Myanmar. Concerned government agencies and civil society organizations have provided them with safe shelter, basic necessities for their living and other needed assistance. On the whole, the human rights situation in 2021 sees some development and progress in resolving the problems that affect human rights of the people and providing them with better protection. However, government efforts to promote and protect human rights in many areas are still ongoing or have not yet clearly presented effective results. The NHRCT has made recommendations on various issues as appeared in the relevant sections of this report and will monitor their implementation in 2022. รายงานผลการประเมิินสถานการณ์์ ด้้านสิิทธิิมนุุษยชนของประเทศไทย ปีี 2564 Rights of ethnic groups: The government has continued efforts made in the previous years to protect the rights of ethnic groups. These included collaboration between government and various organizations to address the problem of statelessness among certain ethnic groups and preparation of a bill on the protection and promotion of the way of life of ethnic groups. However, the government’s policy on natural resources management has impacted some ethnic groups, causing them to be relocated. In some cases, the plots of land provided by the government were not suitable for their traditional way of life, while members of some ethnic groups have been arrested for allegedly encroaching on the preserved forest areas of national parks. 19