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08.06.2009
Vietnamese immigrants in mass deportation  

Amid high security, a group of around 100 Vietnamese have been deported from Germany. It was the first group deportation for years in Berlin. Refugee and human rights organisations protested against the move.
 
It is the first time that the European Union agency for external border security, Frontex, is financing a group deportation.

One hundred and three women and men as well as one child were put on a plane to Hanoi on Monday evening.

Around 200 demonstrators had gathered beforehand at Berlin's Schoenefeld Airport to protests against the mass deportation. The case had attracted widespread public attention in recent days as many of the Vietnamese immigrants had been living in Germany for several years. 
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Despite a large police presence two demonstrators managed to enter the airport and were briefly detained by police, officials said.

Most of  Vietnamese had been living in Germany without residence permission, the 26 others had been living in Poland. The deportation operation was organised in cooperation between the German and Polish authorities. 
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