(KPL) 11 Hmong who illegally entered Thailand long time ago were repatriated to the Lao PDR, their homeland, last week.The repatriation was the result of an agreement signed at a meeting held from September 19 to 20 last year in Vangvieng district, Vientiane province by the two sub-committee in a bid to repatriate all Lao Hmong migrants in Thailand by the end of this year. A handover ceremony for the group took place in Vientiane between the two Sub-Committees for Co-operation on Security along the shared border of Laos and Thailand.According to the local source, the government of Laos will give them money and rice on their return to help them integrate into local communities. The government will also provide shelters and farmland for those who had sold all their property or who had formerly relied on slash and burn cultivation as a livelihood.This is the third time that Lao Hmong have been repatriated to Laos since 2006, bringing the total number of returnees to 203.
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