Overview

• Ellis Matthews, 32, returned to Britain last month after more than three months in Bangkok’s Mothers and Children Immigration Detention Centre.
• She was arrested in Pattaya in March for overstaying after her visa was cancelled on February 21, according to reports.
• Thai authorities say a local child‑welfare complaint prompted action, a claim Matthews rejects.
• Matthews says she left her son with a relative in Thailand due to fears about UK social services and persistent online threats, and she reports she is in hiding.
• She alleges severe overcrowding and squalid conditions in detention and has spoken about possibly relocating to Turkey or Cambodia rather than bringing her son to the UK right now.