Montagnards prepare for return to Vietnam and Rohingyas resettled in Canada

[geovalin]

Alice Cuddy

More Montagnard asylum seekers prepared to return to Vietnam yesterday after giving up on obtaining refugee status in Phnom Penh, while five Rohingya refugees set off for resettlement in Canada.

Wan-Hea Lee, country representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said 17 Montagnards had “embarked on their return from Phnom Penh” and were due to arrive in Vietnam today.

She added that the asylum seekers had “requested and obtained assistance” from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The group is the latest to voluntarily return home ahead of a government-imposed deadline that would see them deported if they remain in the country after February 6.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/17-montagnards-prepare-return-vietnam

[mamypoko]

Welcome home! Thanks for your service. Sorry we deserted you.

[chilli42]

Ended well for the 5 at least