Can the Thai government legally ban Thai citizens from entering Thailand?
<p>I read on <a href="https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1891790/govt-temporarily-blocks-all-travel" rel="noreferrer">https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1891790/govt-temporarily-blocks-all-travel</a> that the Thai government will temporarily block all inbound travel. Can the Thai government legally ban Thais from entering Thailand?</p>

<p>The Section 34 of Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand <a href="http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Constitution_of_the_Kingdom_of_Thailand.pdf" rel="noreferrer">says</a> (highlight mine):</p>

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  <p>[…] No  person  of  Thai  nationality  shall  be  deported  <strong>or  prohibited  from  entering</strong> the Kingdom.</p>
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<p>The referenced document points to the most recent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Thailand#2017_Constitution" rel="noreferrer">2017 Constitution</a>.</p>

<p>So the naive answer is <strong>No,</strong> however some legal gap may be found by the Constitutional Court (Section 27).</p>

<p>More specifically, it would depend on the legal equivalence of terms "Thai citizens" and "person of Thai nationality".</p>

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