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UNHCR signs agreement with Viet Nam, Cambodia on Montagnards
26 Jan 2005 On Tuesday in Hanoi, UNHCR signed an agreement with Viet Nam and Cambodia settling various issues concerning the refugee agency's current caseload of Montagnard refugees and asylum seekers in Cambodia. It sets out the basis for resettlement and repatriation while specifying that returnees to Viet Nam will not be prosecuted or face discrimination. -
Vietnamese in Cambodia torn between going on exile and returning home
11 Nov 2004 A new group of Vietnamese asylum seekers has arrived in Phnom Penh while a handful of recent arrivals say they wish to return home in Viet Nam's Central Highlands. Some of Vietnamese, called Montagnards, say they are seeking UNHCR's assistance in retrieving their property but the refugee agency says it does not have the authority to intervene in land disputes in Viet Nam. -
Misled Montagnards in Cambodia say no to resettlement
5 Nov 2004 Many Vietnamese Montagnards have crossed into Cambodia following false rumours that the UN can help them get back their confiscated land. When told that UNHCR cannot resolve their land problems, the asylum seekers have said they don't want to be resettled to a third country. -
Liberian refugees take first steps towards new life in US
26 Aug 2004 Sixteen Liberian refugees have left years of exile in Sierra Leone to start afresh in the United States under a resettlement programme that started in June. They know that life will not be easy in the beginning, but are eager for the chance to live in peace. -
Montagnards near Cambodia border approach UNHCR for assistance
19 Jul 2004 Forty-two hilltribe minorities originating from Viet Nam's Central Highlands have emerged from hiding in north-eastern Cambodia to seek help from a UNHCR-government team visiting the border region. As many as 160 more could follow, say NGOs. -
Jolie, Powell launch World Refugee Day celebrations in Washington, D.C.
18 Jun 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and US Secretary of State Colin Powell have launched a series of performances in the US capital to celebrate the strength and spirit of refugees. -
Jolie discusses unaccompanied children with US senior officials
27 May 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has met with senior government officials in the American capital as a follow-up to her recent visit to unaccompanied children of asylum seekers in the United States. -
Goodwill Ambassador Jolie visits detained children in Arizona
29 Apr 2004 Unaccompanied children should be given access to legal representation and guardians while in detention, said UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie during a visit to three detention centres for asylum seekers in Arizona. -
Afghan refugee family halted by 9/11 finally heads to new life in USA
11 Feb 2004 The flight that refugee Afghan refugee Sadiq Mir and his family were scheduled to take on 11 Sept., 2001 has finally taken off, carrying them to a new life in the United States.