A group of ethnic Uyghur asylum-seekers may be headed back to China
Demonstrators march in Urumqi, July 5, 2009. (Photo sent by a witness.)Radio Free Asia
PHNOM PENH—Reporters and United Nations officials were waiting early Saturday at the airport here as at least 20 ethnic minority Uyghurs who entered the country seeking political asylum in the wake of deadly ethnic clashes were reportedly headed for a flight that would repatriate them to China.
Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Koy Kuong, said in an interview that Phnom Penh had determined the Uyghurs had entered the country illegally and would be returned to China.
“All 20 [Uyghurs] illegally entered Cambodia, because they have no immigration papers, no visa. Therefore they violate Cambodia's 1994 immigration law. They have to be deported, because they are illegal immigrants,” Koy Kuong said.
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