How the end of the Vietnam War led to a refugee crisis
How the end of the Vietnam War led to a refugee crisis
- September 1, 2021
- Long Bui, global and international studies, History, Sept. 1, 2021
As the political and economic situations deteriorated in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia,
the steady trickle of refugees fleeing the region became a torrent. Desperate families
packed their belongings in a single suitcase and fled their homes “by any means available,”
says Long Bui, an [associate] professor of international studies at the University
of California Irvine and author of Returns of War: South Vietnam and the Price of
Refugee Memory.
For the full story, please visit https://history.com/news/vietnam-war-refugees.
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