Khmer Krom asylum seekers in front of the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh (Photo: The Prey Nokor News)Monday, 04 January 2010
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A group of 24 ethnic Khmer Krom deported from Thailand in December has resolved to continue seeking government assistance despite being denied refugee status by the UN refugee agency.
Below is an article published by the Phnom Penhn Post
Amid fears that the government may seek to deport 24 ethnic Khmer Krom to Vietnam, a rights group advocating on their behalf said Wednesday.
The group, which has said it fled to Thailand because of persecution and religious repression in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, was deported to Cambodia on December 5. They arrived Monday at the offices of the local office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees seeking refugee status and assistance with food and housing.
A UNHCR spokesman confirmed Wednesday that they were unable to help because of a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 17 that made issues related to asylum seekers the sole responsibility of the government.
Ang Chanrith, executive director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organisation, said the group will continue to write letters to the government and commune chiefs in a bid to garner a response.
“The group now knows the UNHCR’s position,” he said. “They will wait to see if the response letter is negative or positive. If it is positive, they can live [here]. If it is negative, they can take the letter back to the UNHCR and say, ‘Look, we have nowhere to stay.’”
Ang Chanrith added that the NGOs currently providing shelter for the group could not continue to do so indefinitely, but could only do so “for another one to two months”.
Thach Soong, 49, a Khmer Krom representative for the group, said Wednesday that the group still fears being sent back to Vietnam.
“We need safety. I am afraid the government has a secret plan to deport us.”
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Wednesday that no such plan exists.
“They have enough rights,” he said, adding that as ethnic Khmer Krom, they possess the same general rights as anyone of Khmer ethnicity.
“The government cannot find land and shelter for them because many other citizens do not have land or shelter either. The asylum seekers must realise that the right for asylum is no longer under the authority of the UNHCR,” Khieu Sopheak said.
Below is an article published by the Phnom Penhn Post
Amid fears that the government may seek to deport 24 ethnic Khmer Krom to Vietnam, a rights group advocating on their behalf said Wednesday.
The group, which has said it fled to Thailand because of persecution and religious repression in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, was deported to Cambodia on December 5. They arrived Monday at the offices of the local office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees seeking refugee status and assistance with food and housing.
A UNHCR spokesman confirmed Wednesday that they were unable to help because of a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 17 that made issues related to asylum seekers the sole responsibility of the government.
Ang Chanrith, executive director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organisation, said the group will continue to write letters to the government and commune chiefs in a bid to garner a response.
“The group now knows the UNHCR’s position,” he said. “They will wait to see if the response letter is negative or positive. If it is positive, they can live [here]. If it is negative, they can take the letter back to the UNHCR and say, ‘Look, we have nowhere to stay.’”
Ang Chanrith added that the NGOs currently providing shelter for the group could not continue to do so indefinitely, but could only do so “for another one to two months”.
Thach Soong, 49, a Khmer Krom representative for the group, said Wednesday that the group still fears being sent back to Vietnam.
“We need safety. I am afraid the government has a secret plan to deport us.”
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Wednesday that no such plan exists.
“They have enough rights,” he said, adding that as ethnic Khmer Krom, they possess the same general rights as anyone of Khmer ethnicity.
“The government cannot find land and shelter for them because many other citizens do not have land or shelter either. The asylum seekers must realise that the right for asylum is no longer under the authority of the UNHCR,” Khieu Sopheak said.
9 comments:
Hun Sen, the puppet of Vietnam, denies citizenship to K. Kampuchea Krom but grants it to illegal Yuons.
Soon, Cambodia government will face with UN...questioning reguarding Khmer Krom situation in Cambodia. Wait and see in the near future, 2010 how Khmer government respond.
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Khmer Krom's destiny is always depending on the relation between Cambodian Vietnamese government. In the 60th when Cambodian government was against Vietnamese policy in their March to the West, seizing part by part Khmer territory,they always cared for their own Khmer blood by providing land, shelters and warmth welcome. But for now, that Khmer/VN relation is so sweet, the CG will do whatever to please VN. In this case that Khmer Krom would be sent back to VN, it's obviously unconstitutional for the CG. Our hope is not relying on what the law is but on who we know. Because there are also Khmer Krom natives working in the CG government, National Assembly and Senate, would those people pay a little attention on what hey can do for their own country men, women and children?
Why these people were being denied the refugee status by the UN ?
These people have been victims of persecution in KK and they have to seek asylum outside of their country but the UN refuse to regconize them as refugee,why ????
Where Human right watch,where is amnesty international ????
Where are those people who scream very loud when the Ujghurs have been deported ?????????
FUCK THE UNHCR IN CAMBODIA THEY ARE BUNCH OF FUCKING HUN SEN DOG USELESS UNHCR ALL THEY WANT IS MONEY THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE SUFFERING. ANYWAY KHMER KROM IS ALSO KHMER THE HAVE RIGHT AS ANY CAMBODIAN IN CAMBODIA TODAY!
For Youn people even they enter Cambodia illegally A HUN XEN will them automatically the Cambodian citizenship.
This is very shameful story!
A FUCKING HUN XEN
A FUNCKING CPP WHEN YOU DISPPEAR?
Contempt for the National Constitution
Unfortunately the previous government forgot that the Khmer Krom are their real blood brothers and their status should be updated in the light of their exercise of administrative governance.
Well, now, our brothers were victims of "absence" of intrégrité sovereignty and "national. This shows that totalitarian politics based solely on a man, the only man! Members are once more parliamentarians 'speakers' under the Constitution of the Kingdom.
Especially as the world's democracies and to tarnish China boasted more!
Le Mépris à la Constitution Nationale
Malheureusement les gouvernements précédants oubliaient que les khmer Kroms sont leur réels frères de sang et que leurs statuts devaient être à jour au regard de leur exercice administratif de la gouvernance.
Eh ben, actuellement, nos frères en sont victimes de l ' "absence" d'intrégrité et la souveraineté" nationales. Ce qui montre bien que la politique totalitaire ne repose que sur un homme, l'unique homme! Les députés sont une fois de plus des parlementaires 'haut-parleurs" au regard de la Constitution du Royaume.
D'autant que les démocraties du monde se ternissent et la Chine s'en vante davantage!
I feel very, very depressed to hear this story. Come and visit Bavet, Cam-Vn border, you look along both side of the National Road1 the houses 99% belong to VN, some of them married with Khmer ... at night all VN everywhere they speak their language insolently without scaring any Khmer people or our authority. They can speak khmer fluently, they bear Khmer ID, they can vote, they can do anything. Why the Khmer Krom are discreminated by Hun Sen govt.? If look into Siem Reap, behind the Amsara Hotel on the river bank ... all are yuon! they live and SHIT Into the river, they throw garbage into the river WHY the fucking Gvt are blind?????? WHY YUON CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
FUCK OFF!!!
From the continuation of history can we see this thing this way:
Viet have crouched into South East Asia for centeries and never sease to stop (It swallow whole of CHAM) and big chunk of Cambodia! already)
Just in mordern history after the end of Frech era the vietnamese had kidnap Cambodia Kids for future traine to controled Cambodia (Exemple: Pen Sovan)
This show that the Vietnamese Communist has a long long time plane to take over Cambodia!
In 1975 the Vietnamese Communist create Pol Pot and help Pol Pot take over Cambodia ( Vietnamese motherfucker is the creator of the killer monster Pol Pot)
After helped and doctrinated Pol Pot to Kill millions of Cambodia, motherfucker Vietnamese creat and invasion so they can get credit as a good guy and save the live of its spies (Hor NamHong, Kiet Chorn, and the liked)
Can any body see the fucking evil of the Vietnamese motherfucker!
May lightning strike the traitors of the nations and religion!
And motherfuckers go to hell!!!!!!
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