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Vietnamese in Cambodia torn between going on exile and returning home
11 Nov 2004 A new group of Vietnamese asylum seekers has arrived in Phnom Penh while a handful of recent arrivals say they wish to return home in Viet Nam's Central Highlands. Some of Vietnamese, called Montagnards, say they are seeking UNHCR's assistance in retrieving their property but the refugee agency says it does not have the authority to intervene in land disputes in Viet Nam. -
Misled Montagnards in Cambodia say no to resettlement
5 Nov 2004 Many Vietnamese Montagnards have crossed into Cambodia following false rumours that the UN can help them get back their confiscated land. When told that UNHCR cannot resolve their land problems, the asylum seekers have said they don't want to be resettled to a third country. -
Montagnards near Cambodia border approach UNHCR for assistance
19 Jul 2004 Forty-two hilltribe minorities originating from Viet Nam's Central Highlands have emerged from hiding in north-eastern Cambodia to seek help from a UNHCR-government team visiting the border region. As many as 160 more could follow, say NGOs. -
Agreement reached on repatriation of 1,000 Montagnards
22 Jan 2002 An accord with the governments of Viet Nam and Cambodia agrees to repatriate 1,000 Montagnards who fled Viet Nam almost one year ago. -
Boat person to high U.S. official
15 Aug 2001 Viet Dinh - once a refugee and now the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy. -
Talks on future of Vietnamese minorities
26 Jul 2001 The proposed voluntary repatriation of several hundred Vietnamese minorities who fled to neighbouring Cambodia are being discussed during talks in Hanoi.