Refugee crises · TURNING POINT ·
Repatriation of Vietnamese boat people (1989–96)
On the Refugee crises map as “Return to Hanoi”
1989–96 — Under the Comprehensive Plan of Action, flights from Hong Kong and the camps bring home people screened out as non-refugees. Most returned under a “voluntary” programme with a small UNHCR grant and monitoring; more than 109,000 Vietnamese came back in all.
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- Type
- Turning point
- Chapter
- Comprehensive Plan of Action (chapter 11 of Refugee crises)
- Atlas
- Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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