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Vietnam's largest stateless group consisted of approximately 9,500 Cambodian residents who sought refuge in Vietnam in the 1970s and were denied the right to return to Cambodia. UNHCR considered them stateless as the Cambodian government no longer recognized them as its citizens. Almost all were ethnic Chinese or Vietnamese. The group initially settled in refugee camps in Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc Provinces and around Ho Chi Minh City. When humanitarian assistance in these camps ceased in 1994, an estimated 7,000 refugees left the camps in search of work in Ho Chi Minh City and the surrounding area.
Prepared by: The CE-DAT Team
Date: September 2008 (Brussels, Belgium).
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