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60,000 Hmong should be resettled in U.S., leader says
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Feb 26, 2004 07:14pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul) |
| News Date | Thursday, February 26, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BANGKOK, Thailand -- A U.S. offer of asylum for some ethnic Hmong refugees from Laos is inadequate, a Hmong leader said today, claiming a total of 60,000 of his people living in Thailand should be resettled in the United States.
The Hmong tribespeople were little known participants in the Vietnam War. They were enlisted by the CIA to help U.S. forces fight communist rebels in Laos during the was. After the communists seized power, many Hmong fled to Thailand, fearing retribution.
Between 14,000 and 16,000 Hmong refugees have been living for decades in a shantytown around Tham Krabok, a Buddhist temple in central Thailand. In December, the United States announced it may accept the refugees.
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