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Chúng tôi chân thành cám ơn chính phủ Canada đầy tính nhân ái và lòng nhân đạo, kể cả ông Joe Volpe, Bộ trưởng của Bộ Công dân và Di trú Canada, người đã chính thức công bố chánh sách chung chấp thuận để từ 200 người đến 56 gia đình người Việt không quốc gia ở Phi luật tân được thân nhân từ Canada bảo lãnh.
Để biết thêm chi tiết, yêu cầu liên lạc:
Max Vo, SOS Viet Phi Canada
(416) 871-7630
maxwell.vo@gmail.com
Phien Dinh Nguyen, Vancouver Vietnamese Reception Committee
(604) 961-2357 (cell)
(604) 293-1985 (home)
dinhphien22@yahoo.com
Stateless Vietnamese Boat People Reunited After 17 Years
SOS Viet-Phi is very pleased to announce the following:
- The first three families, totalling eight individuals, from the group of stateless Vietnamese in the Philippines will be reunited with their relatives in Canada after 14 years of separation. They arrive at the Vancouver International Airport on May 7, 2006, at 11:50am via flight CX 888 from Hong Kong.
- The families originally left Vietnam and landed in the Philippines 17 years ago. They have been separated from their relatives who were accepted by Canada 14 years ago.
- We thank Canada for their compassion and humanitarianism, including former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Joe Volpe, who announced a public policy allowing up to 200 individuals or 56 families of stateless Vietnamese in the Philippines to be sponsored by relatives in Canada.
- Only eight applications eligible for the public policy are being processed at the final stages with Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
- We thank our supporters worldwide, helping our endeavour to close the book on the last chapter of the Vietnamese Boatpeople. Still, 148 Vietnamese remain stranded and living as stateless boat people in the Philippines. They still need help in finding a durable solution.
- A reception is being prepared by the Vietnamese community in Vancouver to greet the newcomers at the airport.
For more information please contact:
Max Vo, SOS Viet Phi Canada
(416) 871-7630
maxwell.vo@gmail.com
Phien Dinh Nguyen, Spokesperson, Vancouver Vietnamese Reception Committee
(604) 961-2357 (cell)
(604) 293-1985 (home)
dinhphien22@yahoo.com