With their refugee claims rejected by governments in the region, they now face forced repatriation. In 1989, he and a son finally escaped to Indonesia. In 1992 they were both denied refugee status by the Indonesian government and by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. In protest, his son committed self-immolation. Mr. Diep has been placed in a prison, awaiting deportation to Vietnam.
Similar cases abound in the camps.
Nevertheless, the U.S. government supports this screening process and finances a program that practically delivers our former allies to their Communist persecutors.