Hmong Refugees Await New Home

Hmong Refugees Await New Home

(EXCERPT) More Than 15,000 Live in Limbo on Grounds of Thai Temple

All Things Considered audio

Photo Gallery: Hmong Refugees

Dec. 21, 2003 -- The United States will open a refugee resettlement
program for more than 15,000 ethnic Hmong or Lao who are living
illegally on the grounds of Wat Tham Krabok, a famous Buddhist temple
in Thailand.

They have been in limbo for many years, unable to return to Laos and
unwelcome in Thailand.

As Doualy Xaykaothao reports, the U.S. decision was prompted by a
sense of obligation to a people who fought and died alongside
Americans during the Vietnam conflict....

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