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Viewing cable 07HANOI301, UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI301 2007-02-15 10:01 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO1199
RR RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0301/01 0461001
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151001Z FEB 07ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4637
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 2564
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 6827
RUEHZS/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1172
RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 0080
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000301 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND PRM, BANGKOK FOR REFUGEE COORDINATOR, GENEVA 
FOR RMA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
SUBJECT: UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM 
 
HANOI 00000301  001.3 OF 002 
 
 
Summary 
------- 
 
1. (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional 
Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan 
and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with 
the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless 
ethnic Cambodians, resident in Vietnam since the 1970s.  UNHCR also 
hopes to address the issue of hundreds of stateless Vietnamese women 
who had been former Taiwan brides and now have neither Vietnamese 
nor Taiwanese citizenship.  The UNHCR representatives said that a 
potential GVN solution for resolving the stateless Cambodian cases 
through naturalization could be "precedent setting" and assist UNHCR 
in resolving other international stateless persons, including 
possibly the 340,000 stateless ethnic Vietnamese in China, who had 
fled Vietnam in the late 1970s.  With a "Statelessness Unit" and new 
line item budget at UNHCR HQ, UNHCR hopes to raise public awareness, 
in general, on stateless cases around the world.  End Summary. 
 
Background on Stateless Cambodians 
--------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) When the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia in 1975 and 
began its "killing fields" campaign, thousands of Cambodians fled 
the country into Vietnam.  UNHCR established camps on this side of 
the border, eventually assisting some 27,000 refugees.  Some were 
resettled, while many others eventually returned to Cambodia. 
However, a population of some 9,500 remained and is now in legal 
limbo in Vietnam.  These individuals are unable to claim citizenship 
in either Vietnam or Cambodia, own property or otherwise function as 
citizens.  Most of these individuals are ethnic Chinese who did not 
have any documentation proving Cambodian citizenship prior to 1975, 
complicating their efforts to return home.  To date, the GVN has not 
permitted them to claim citizenship, requiring individuals to obtain 
Cambodian documentation that they have formally renounced their 
citizenship - which the Government of Cambodia (RGC) does not 
acknowledge in the first place. 
 
3. (SBU) The GVN issued temporary residency cards to these 
individuals, and their children and grandchildren born in Vietnam 
receive temporary residency cards rather than birth certificates. 
While the population has access to primary education and health 
care, lack of meaningful documentation has barred them from 
receiving marriage certificates or bank loans and other public 
benefits.  To remedy this, UNHCR recently restarted its discussions 
with the GVN and RGC on this matter. 
 
UNCHR Pleased with Improved GVN Cooperation 
---------------------------------- 
 
4. (SBU) UNHCR Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and 
Vietnam Hasim Utkan and Legal Officer Philippe Leclerc (of 
UNHCR-Geneva's "Statelessness Unit") traveled to Vietnam for talks 
with the GVN on resolving the Cambodian statelessness issue.  During 
their February 12 meeting with the Charge, they described UNHCR's 
efforts to date and sought USG support in encouraging the GVN to 
take a proactive position on resolving of these cases.  UNHCR is 
"pleased" that the GVN is now cooperating on this matter, Utkan 
said. 
 
5. (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen 
Phu Binh, VFM Binh told Utkan that, per an instruction from the 
Prime Minister's office in December 2006, the GVN would now assist 
in resolving these stateless cases.  VFM Binh reportedly said that 
this will start with a "census" of cases soon to be undertaken by 
Vietnam's Ministry of Justice (MOJ).  VFM Binh also told Utkan that 
UNHCR's technical assistance and training would be welcome in 
undertaking this census, which Utkan told us is "a welcome change" 
from past GVN attitudes.  After the census, the GVN would share the 
list and proceed with a formal request on citizenship determination 
to the RGC.  However, this could be problematic as many official 
Cambodian archives and records were destroyed during the Khmer Rouge 
period, so it is more than likely that the RGC will not be able to 
confirm citizenship in many cases.  Nevertheless, UNHCR is pleased 
that the GVN is now pursuing a solution of this matter, Utkan said. 
 
 
Request for Sustained International Interest 
------------------------------------ 
 
6. (SBU) The UNHCR representatives said that UNHCR has appealed to 
the Swedish Government for its cooperation and has pushed to include 
this issue on the formal agenda of the next round of the EU-Vietnam 
Human Rights Dialogue, Utkan continued.  In addition, the UNHCR team 
will meet with MOJ on February 13 to discuss the logistics of the 
 
HANOI 00000301  002.3 OF 002 
 
 
statelessness census and UNHCR's role.  UNHCR's Leclerc added that 
UNHCR now has a limited budgetary line item to pursue resolution of 
stateless cases around the globe.  It will use this budget in part 
to raise international awareness of "statelessness," including in 
Vietnam. 
 
Taiwan Brides 
------------- 
 
7. (SBU) Leclerc also raised with us the issue of hundreds of 
Vietnamese women who have returned to Vietnam after divorcing their 
Taiwanese (or, in some cases, Chinese) husbands.  Because they gave 
up their Vietnamese citizenship before becoming Taiwanese (or 
Chinese) citizens, they are effectively stateless.  UNCHR would like 
to find a way to resolve these cases with the GVN, but the team did 
not discuss this matter at their February 11 meeting with MFA VFM 
Binh.  That said, they plan to raise this at their February 13 MOJ 
meeting and with the UN Country Team in Vietnam. 
 
Progress Could be "Precedent Setting" 
------------------------------------- 
 
8. (SBU) Utkan noted that a potential GVN plan for naturalization of 
these stateless Cambodians would be "an interesting precedent" as 
UNHCR is also looking at the issue of resolving 340,000 "stateless" 
Vietnamese in China.  These are ethnic Chinese-Vietnamese or "Hoa" 
(the Vietnamese word for Han) who fled Vietnam because of active 
discrimination after the 1979 border conflict between China and 
Vietnam.  (Note:  Many of these Hoa had never really been culturally 
accepted in Vietnam in the first place, because of their 
"reputation" in Vietnam of being seen as merchants solely out to 
make money.  End note.)  Most of these Chinese-Vietnamese have now 
become fully acclimated to life in China and lost their claim to 
Vietnamese citizenship.  In fact, the PRC has tried unsuccessfully 
for some time to return to Vietnam 20 problematic individuals, Utkan 
said. 
 
ALOISI