WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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North Vietnam, as the majority of them had communist sympathies
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The Middle East, setting up an ethnic enclave
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Indonesia, as it was most culturally similar to their experiences living in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
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The state of Iowa in the United States under the direction of governor Robert Ray
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the summer of 1975, Governor Robert D. Ray agreed to resettle the Tai Dam in the state of Iowa. He needed an exemption from President Gerald Ford to bring a large ethnic population to one state. Today, more Tai Dam live in Iowa than anywhere outside of Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -These Vietnamese migrants were named “boat people” because of their method of escape. (to the east) to four destinations: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Some boat people made it as far as Japan and Australia. The journeys were extremely dangerous.
Detailed explanation-3: -Several airlifts were organized to bring Vietnamese refugees and asylum-seekers to the U.S. Close to 120, 000 were rescued and relocated following the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Orderly Departure Program (ODP) was a program to permit immigration of Vietnamese to the United States and to other countries. It was created in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Detailed explanation-5: -The combination of economic sanctions, the legacy of destruction left by the Vietnam War, policies of the Vietnamese government, and further conflicts with neighboring countries caused an international humanitarian crisis, with Southeast Asian countries increasingly unwilling to accept more boat people on their shores.