Australia urged to stop Cambodia returning persecuted refugees to Vietnam

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Australia has been urged to pressure its refugee resettlement partner Cambodia to halt the “imminent return” of 29 Montagnard refugees to Vietnam where they face violent persecution.

 

Twenty-nine refugees from the ethnic and religious minority face deportation to Vietnam, despite the UN’s refugee agency offering to take the group out of Cambodia and protect them while a permanent third-country resettlement is found.

 

The group faced “almost certain arrest and persecution” upon return, the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) said, and “the Australian government has an ethical obligation to do everything in its power to stop such action”.

 

read more https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/21/australia-urged-to-use-influence-with-cambodia-to-stop-deportation-of-refugees

[Stargeezr]

How about another News headline. "Vietnam brings back death penalty, and

already doing brisk business."