Without citizenship, Vietnamese remain adrift

Though they live in floating houses moored to the banks of the Tonle Sap river, few of the nearly 2,500 ethnic Vietnamese villagers here can truly call Cambodia home. … Thousands built floating homes on the Tonle Sap, a cheaper and more attainable alternative to settling on solid ground; without citizenship, the returnees were legally barred from buying land. And unable to find work elsewhere, most families settled into lives on the river as fishermen. …

Chris Mueller and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/without-citizenship-vietnamese-remain-adrift-77344/