RP won't evict more Vietnamese

RP won't evict more Vietnamese

MANILA (Reuter): The Philippines, calling itself a "very humane, kinder society", said yesterday it would no longer forcibly repatriate Vietnamese boat people.

And it would find ways to normalize the stay of those who refused to return to Vietnam.

Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon said one of 84 migrants repatriated to Vietnam on Wednesday was put on the plane because of a "mixup" but the man, on orders from Manila, would be brought back to the Philippines.

"There was a mistake... We are bringing him back," Siazon told Manila-based foreign correspondents. "It may not happen in your society but it does in ours."