Census deportations hit 142 in single day
Vietnamese nationals were deported en masse this week from Svay Rieng province, with 142 illegal migrants sent back across the border in a single day, as Cambodia’s nationwide census of foreigners continues, officials said yesterday.
General Sok Phal, director of the Interior Ministry’s Immigration Department, said the 142 Vietnamese nationals were gathered on Wednesday and “deported back to Vietnam because they did not have any documents”. …
Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
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