On February 7, 2006, "Thailand has announced that 26 Hmong children expelled from a refugee camp on the Lao border will be allowed to return temporarily," reported ABC Asia Pacific TV/Radio Australia.  The report further stated that "a foreign ministry spokesman in Bangkok," claimed that "the reunion with their families is being organized on humanitarian grounds, and will take place as soon as possible."  The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) was also positive in the assurance that "it hopes the children will be reunited with their parents within a week or two." 

Despite the detailed chronological facts that the five teenage Hmong boys, twenty-one teenage Hmong girls and one Hmong woman are being held as political prisoners inside of Laos, and strong criticism from the United States and the international community over its alleged obstruction of access to the children, Laos claimed that "it has yet to locate the group."

It has been nearly three months now since Thailand declared the assurance of reuniting the group with their families.  However, neither Laos nor Thailand is willingly committed to cooperate with the UNHCR and international diplomats to reunite the twenty-six Hmong children and a Hmong woman imprison in Laos with their families stranded in northern Thailand. 

The names of those still missing are:
Ia Lor - 13
Nhia Moua - 12
Cha Pheng Thao - 12
Kia Thao - 16
Youa Thao - 13
Pa Kou Vang - 15
Mee Yang - 14
Pa Houa Yang - 15
Pa Houa Yang - 15
Pa Nhia Yang - 12
Sheng Yang - 14
Xee Yang - 14
Zoua Yang - 59
Mai Houa Vang - 12
Kia Vue - 16
Pa Houa Vue - 17
Pa Kou Vue - 14
Nhia Vue - 12
Xiong Vue - 16
Yer Vue - 13
Kia Xiong - 16
Chai Vang - 14
Dang Vang - 17
Meng Yang - 17
Pao Yang - 12
Ya Youa Vang - 17