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Training Vietnamese provincial officials creates greater understanding of UNHCR's Montagnard monitoring
18 May 2006 Since Montagnards began returning to their homes in Viet Nam's Central Highlands from Cambodia, UNHCR has been involved in monitoring their situation under the terms of an agreement signed in Hanoi in January 2005. A recent training session of provincial authorities in the Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang created a greater understanding of UNHCR's role and refugee law. -
Assistant High Commissioner cautiously optimistic over Montagnard returnee situation in Viet Nam's Central Highlands
27 Apr 2006 After a two-day official visit to Viet Nam's Central Highlands to see for herself Montagnard returnees from Cambodia, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, said she was "cautiously optimistic about how their situation is evolving." -
UNHCR accompanies Montagnard refugees home to Viet Nam
23 Sep 2005 An unprecedented monitoring visit by the UN refugee agency to Viet Nam's Central Highlands in the company of a group of returning Montagnards found all the returnees apparently glad to be reunited with their families. -
Monitoring visits to Montagnards show returnees benefit from assistance
5 Sep 2005 Increasingly regular visits by the UN refugee agency to Montagnards who have returned to Viet Nam's central highlands from Cambodia show returnees are receiving active assistance to reintegrate back home and are well treated. -
Last Vietnamese boat refugee leaves Malaysia
30 Aug 2005 Over the weekend, Doan Van Viet became the last of the over 250,000 Vietnamese "boat people" to leave Malaysia. Unlike many friends and relatives who chose to be relocated to other countries over the years, Doan opted to return to Viet Nam to marry his fiancée and reunite with his long-lost family. -
From Canada to Kabul: Afghan singer seeks to restore music education
15 Aug 2005 Amir Jan Saboori, one of the leading figures in Afghan folk music, has returned from his adopted home in Canada to visit Afghanistan in a bid to start music schools and to safeguard the future of traditional Afghan music. -
UNHCR mission finds Montagnard returnees and deportees well
5 Aug 2005 An international mission from the UN refugee agency this week visited 21 Montagnards who had recently returned or been deported from Cambodia to Viet Nam's central highlands. The monitoring team found them doing well at home, receiving assistance, job offers and training. -
Montagnard returnees to Viet Nam in good shape, says UNHCR
24 May 2005 After a three-day visit last week to Viet Nam's central highlands to check on the well-being of Montagnards who had voluntarily returned from Cambodia, UNHCR says the returnees seem to be in good shape and back in the swing of normal life. -
Vietnamese Montagnards head to Finland for resettlement
11 May 2005 Months after crossing through the jungle to seek refuge in north-eastern Cambodia, 27 Montagnard refugees from Viet Nam's central highlands are on their way to Finland to start a new life, in a climate that couldn't be more different from what they're used to.