<p>The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) will ease international flight restrictions starting Wednesday 1 July. Flights with Thai nationals and certain groups of foreigners on board are permitted to fly.</p>

<p>Thousands of foreign nationals who are married to Thai citizens are expressing their concerns and frustrations over the Thai government&rsquo;s travel restrictions because they are not included among those allowed into the country, leaving them stranded overseas, separated from their loved ones.</p>

<p>Arthit Suriyawongkul, a Thai PhD student at Trinity College Dublin, has filed a complaint with the Thai Administrative Court on Wednesday (25 March) calling for the repeal of the new travel restrictions announced by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), which require Thai nationals returning from overseas to present a fit to fly certificate and a certifying letter from their local Thai Embassy before being allowed to board a flight home.</p>