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The government of Thailand would like to expand the number of Hmong refugees who are eligible to relocate to the United States.  A delegation of officials from Minnesota, including St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, is visiting a resettlement camp in Thailand where 15,000 Hmong refugees are currently living, in preparation for some of them to move to the Twin Cities in the coming months. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television is with the Minnesota delegation in Thailand and he talked with 

The government of Thailand would like to expand the number of Hmong refugees who are eligible to relocate to the United States.  A delegation of officials from Minnesota, including St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly, is visiting a resettlement camp in Thailand where 15,000 Hmong refugees are currently living, in preparation for some of them to move to the Twin Cities in the coming months. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television is with the Minnesota delegation in Thailand and he talked with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.


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