Source: Big News Network The repatriation of over 4,000 Hmomg ethnic refugees from a camp in Thailand to Laos was completed Tuesday morning, said Lieutenant General Niphat Thonglek, director-general of the Border Affairs Depa…
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Source: Big News Network Australia's Acting Foreign Minister Simon Crean on Tuesday condemned the forced repatriation of 4,000 ethnic Hmong to their native Laos. The Hmong asylum seekers have been forced back to Laos by Thai …
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Source: Yahoo News In a defiant move, Thailand has sent back to Laos more than 4,500 ethnic Hmong who fled their homeland in recent years and many of whose elders fought for the CIA during the Vietnam War. The US government has strongly condemned the mass deportation of displaced Hmong, who have claimed persecution at [...]
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Source: Yahoo News Thailand deported more than 4,500 ethnic Hmong to their homeland of Laos, saying they were largely economic migrants, not persecuted refugees. But the US government condemned the move.
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Source: Yahoo News Thai troops packed more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong into military trucks for a one-way journey to Laos, all but ending the Hmong’s three-decade search for asylum following their alliance with the U.S. during the Vietnam War.
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Source: Yahoo News BANGKOK — Thailand on Monday began to deport back to Laos more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers, defying intense pressure from the United Nations, the United States and human rights groups that say the deportees could face persecution upon their return.
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Source: Yahoo News More than 4,000 ethnic Hmong arrive in Laos after being forcibly repatriated from Thailand, despite international protests.
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Source: New York Times The asylum seekers had been staying in a holding center and were sent back despite protests.
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Source: Yahoo News Thai troops packed more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong into military trucks Monday for a one-way journey to Laos, all but ending the Hmong’s three-decade search for asylum following their alliance with the U.S. during the Vietnam War.
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