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Montagnard returnees to Viet Nam in good shape, says UNHCR
24 May 2005 After a three-day visit last week to Viet Nam's central highlands to check on the well-being of Montagnards who had voluntarily returned from Cambodia, UNHCR says the returnees seem to be in good shape and back in the swing of normal life. -
Vietnamese Montagnards head to Finland for resettlement
11 May 2005 Months after crossing through the jungle to seek refuge in north-eastern Cambodia, 27 Montagnard refugees from Viet Nam's central highlands are on their way to Finland to start a new life, in a climate that couldn't be more different from what they're used to. -
Vietnamese "boat boy" practices medicine in Tibet
28 Apr 2005 Thirty years ago, Saigon fell to the Communists, prompting hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese boat people to flee in the following years. Among the refugees who washed up in Malaysia in 1977 was a boy who is now a Swiss-trained doctor helping rural and nomadic people in Tibet. -
Nine Montagnards go home in first UNHCR repatriation to Viet Nam
11 Mar 2005 The Montagnards, anxious to reunite with their families but apprehensive of the future, have returned to Viet Nam in the first repatriation mounted by the UN refugee agency under an agreement aimed at finding solutions for some 750 Vietnamese who fled into Cambodia over the past year. -
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. -
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. -
An Interview with Angelina Jolie
21 Oct 2002 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie talks about her time in Cambodia and the effects of landmines there, as well as the impact the trip had on her personally.