A dreaded homecoming for Montagnards
With the deadline looming for hundreds of Montagnard asylum seekers in Cambodia to return “voluntarily” to the site of their alleged persecution or be forced back across the border, a group who have spent months living in the shadows this week spoke out about their life in limbo and fears of impending abuse.
With the government refusing to register their claims and threatening to deport them if they haven’t returned to Vietnam by 6 February, they have little to do but wait to be forced back home, where they say abuse is inevitable.
