I would ask that the Royal Thai Government address the serious plight of HmongAmerican families that I represent who no longer know where their loved ones remains are located. Mr. Speaker. between 1995 and 2003 many Hmong families living in Thailand as refugees from Laos had buried their deceased loved ones in the Wat Thamkrabok sanctuary. In December 2003. the U.S. Department of State announced the last resettlement of 15.000 Hmong refugees residing in the Wat Thamkrabok monastery. which concluded last year by bringing nearly 5.000 new arrivals to Minnesota. a significant number of whom have settled in St. Paul and surrounding communities which I represent. It has been reported that between November 4 and December 30. 2005. approximately 900 Hmong graves were exhumed with the human remains taken to unknown destinalions.
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