Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990 · THE MAP IN APR 1975

Map of refugees in Southeast Asia in April 1975

Phnom Penh and Saigon fall

Refugees in Southeast Asia in April 1975: Phnom Penh and Saigon fall. Since July 1954, 3 territories changed status on this map: Vietnam, Cambodia (Kampuchea) and Thailand.

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Map of refugees in Southeast Asia in April 1975: Phnom Penh and Saigon fall. Colours show Western bloc or democracy, Soviet-occupied or communist, First asylum open. — APR 1975 · UPROOTED: REFUGEES IN EUROPE 1945–1960 AND INDOCHINA 1975–1990

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · US Department of State: Indochina refugee crisis1979 · UNHCR: flight from Indochina · Natural Earth v5.1.2 country geography

Source details

US Department of State: Indochina refugee crisis1979. Historical facts cited; no source artwork or text reproduced
UNHCR: flight from Indochina. Historical facts cited; no source artwork or text reproduced
Natural Earth contributors. Public domain · Full source components and holes retained; documented historical unions and repairs.

Territories and displacement hatching are reconstructed from published source geometry. The hatched areas locate historical regions; ethnicity, displacement and control were not necessarily uniform at every point within them.

The layer records give the full source geometry and date choices. Arrows remain schematic routes, using the lesson’s existing volume categories.

The 1954 Vietnam line uses the nearest published regroupment polygons, from 1956. The Thai-Cambodian overlay is a 12 km study corridor around the actual boundary; markers identify individual camps separately.

proxy: Natural Earth v5.1.2 geographic reference

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Vietnam	Western bloc or democracy → Soviet-occupied or communist
Cambodia (Kampuchea)	— → Soviet-occupied or communist
Thailand	Western bloc or democracy → First asylum open

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