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Small sums go a long way to improve lives in Viet Nam's Central Highlands
21 Sep 2006 In the remote villages of Viet Nam's Central Highlands, small-scale projects developed by the UN refugee agency are offering medical care and better education to minority Montagnard hill tribe people as well as majority Vietnamese. -
Montagnards not punished for leaving Viet Nam, UNHCR mission finds
19 Sep 2006 A team of UNHCR officials monitoring the treatment of minority Montagnard hill tribe people in Viet Nam heard from the returnees that they have not suffered any repercussions after leaving the country illegally for what they hoped would be an easy life in the distant United States. -
Anti-terrorism legislation delays entry of refugees to United States
6 Sep 2006 Legislation aimed at keeping members and backers of terrorist organisations out of the United States is proving to be an unexpected obstacle for some refugees hoping to win resettlement overseas. -
Montagnards find peace and new homeland in Finland
31 Aug 2006 The Chung family were among 71 Montagnards from Viet Nam offered new homes in Finland last year under a UNHCR resettlement programme. It is a far cry from their former highland homes, but the group are settling in well, especially the younger generation. -
Cambodia, Viet Nam and UNHCR agree on further Montagnard cooperation
22 Aug 2006 Cambodia, Viet Nam and UNHCR have agreed to further cooperate on finding solutions for Montagnards leaving Viet Nam's Central Highlands and crossing into Cambodia. Monitoring of returnees by the UN refugee agency will continue, while the voluntary repatriation process and joint missions by UNHCR and the Cambodian authorities to retrieve Montagnard asylum seekers will be sped up. -
First Karen refugees swap tropical forest of Thailand for US concrete jungle
18 Aug 2006 A first group of 23 ethnic Karens left a refugee camp in Thailand this week for new lives in the United States. They are among hundreds of Karen refugees who are slated to be resettled in North America. -
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.