Refugee crises · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Refugees forced back at Preah Vihear (1979)
On the Refugee crises map as “Preah Vihear”
Jun 1979 — Thai soldiers force more than 40,000 Cambodian refugees down a steep escarpment into a minefield at the border. UNHCR later estimated that at least several hundred, and possibly several thousand, died from mines, hunger and thirst. Remember them.
- When
- Type
- Site of memory
- Chapter
- Vietnamese boat people (chapter 9 of Refugee crises)
- Atlas
- Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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