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
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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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