Vietnam ‘ready’ for returning Montagnards

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Alice Cuddy

Vietnam is “ready to receive” the more than 200 Montagnards currently seeking asylum in Cambodia who face forced repatriation if they do not return within three months, according to the UN refugee agency.

Vivian Tan, a regional spokesperson for UNHCR, said the Vietnamese government had given assurances that the Montagnards – an indigenous group from Vietnam’s central highlands – would not be treated ill.

They fled to Cambodia in small groups over the past year, alleging persecution.

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