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Orderly Departure Program (1979)

On the Refugee crises map as “The Orderly Departure Program”

1979 onward — Under a May 1979 agreement between Vietnam and UNHCR, approved emigrants begin flying out of Tan Son Nhat airport, a trickle at first. Over two decades the programme let more than 600,000 people leave without risking the sea.

When
Type
Turning point
Chapter
1979 Geneva conference on refugees (chapter 10 of Refugee crises)
Atlas
Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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Map showing Orderly Departure Program (1979), turning point in Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
TURNING POINT · UPROOTED: REFUGEES IN EUROPE 1945–1960 AND INDOCHINA 1975–1990

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