16.3.10

Our View: How are Hmong sent back to Laos? - Our View - MercedSun-Star.com

Our View: How are Hmong sent back to Laos? - Our View - MercedSun-Star.com

More than two months have passed since Thailand forcibly returned 4,500 Hmong refugees who had fled from Laos.

For Hmong in the Valley and elsewhere in the United States who have family there, the plight of these refugees has been excrutiating and frustrating.

The U.S. government protested the forced repatriation and some members of Congress made noises about "reviewing" U.S. military aid to Thailand, but the evictions took place nonetheless.

Read more: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/03/15/1350062/our-view-how-are-hmong-sent-back.html#ixzz0iLqGN7b8

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