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Khmer Krom asylum seekers await news on their bid for Cambodian citizenship at a home in Meanchey district on Wednesday. (Photo by: Sovan Philong)The Phnom Penh Post Staff
DOCUMENTATION necessary for members of a group of Khmer Krom seeking Cambodian citizenship has been completed, a police official said Wednesday, amid fears that the 22 men, women and children who were deported from Thailand last year will lose the financial support of the NGO sheltering them at the end of the month.
Information for the individuals that was originally collected in January was sent to district authorities Wednesday, said commune Police Chief Tep Bora.
“The documents are complete now,” he said. “Before, it was difficult because the documents lacked information.”
The group was deported from Thailand as illegal immigrants after fleeing Vietnam, where they said they endured constant religious repression.
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