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Montagnards flee to Thailand, fearing return to persecution in Vietnam

3 April 2017
The Phnom Penh Post
Development and assistance for ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people associations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people policy and rights / Migration / Population / Population and censuses
Cambodia / Denise Coghlan / Tan Sovichea

Fearing repatriation to Vietnam, almost 50 Montagnards fled Cambodia for Thailand after the Interior Ministry began rejecting some of their asylum claims last month, The Post has learned. Meanwhile, the head of the ministry’s refugee department Tan Sovichea on April 2 revealed only three of nearly ...

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