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Orderly Departure Program (1979)

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

1979 onward — A May 1979 agreement between Vietnam and UNHCR gave approved emigrants a way to leave by air. At first only a trickle flew out of Tan Son Nhat airport, but over two decades the Orderly Departure Program enabled more than 600,000 people to 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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