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More than 1,000 Degar (Montagnard) refugees have entered Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri, Cambodia, since 2001, raising issues of Cambodia's international law obligations toward refugees and its right to control its border. The Degar (referred to by French colonists as Montagnard) are the Indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Ratanakiri is a province in northeastern Cambodia that borders Laos to the north Vietnam to the east Mondulkiri Province to the Mondulkiri is an eastern province of Cambodia. It is the most sparsely populated province in the country although being the largest province in Cambodia The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East [1] The government has a policy of deporting Degar refugees to Vietnam, viewing them as illegal immigrants to the country, and has threatened prosecution of Ratanakiri residents who aid them. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially [1][2][3] Human rights organizations have described this policy as a violation of Cambodia's international law obligation of non-refoulement (not forcibly returning refugees to a country in which they will be harmed). The United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is an International convention that defines who is a Refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals Non-refoulement is a principle in International law, specifically Refugee law, that concerns the protection of refugees from being returned to places where their lives [1][4] Though the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has become involved processing asylum applications,[1][4] refugees are often forcibly returned before they are able to apply for asylum. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR (established December 14, 1950) is a [2] Many refugees have hidden in Ratanakiri's forests to avoid deportation. [1][5][6]

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  3. ^ Sidney Jones et al. , editors. Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts Over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Human Rights Watch (2002), p44, 135. Human Rights Watch is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Human rights. ISBN 1564322726.
  4. ^ a b "New Refugee Flow". Human Rights Watch (January 2005). Human Rights Watch is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Human rights. Accessed 2008-05-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV
  5. ^ Lach Chantha. "Vietnam Montagnard refugees say fleeing death". Reuters (July 21, 2004). This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
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