Cambodia:Fear of forcible repatriation

Index Number: ASA 23/003/2001
Date Published: 9 May 2001
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Cambodia

Dien Y Lien, Maria Nam Linh and their five children (four girls, one boy) along with another 150 Vietnamese ethnic minority men, women and children who fled to Cambodia to escape an official crackdown have reportedly been arrested, and are feared to have been forcibly repatriated to Viet Nam, where they would be at risk of persecution.