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

Map of refugees in Southeast Asia in December 1975

Laos turns communist

Refugees in Southeast Asia in December 1975: Laos turns communist. Since April 1975, 3 territories changed status on this map: Laos, Malaysia and Hong Kong (British).

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Map of refugees in Southeast Asia in December 1975: Laos turns communist. Colours show Western bloc or democracy, Soviet-occupied or communist, First asylum open. — DEC 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

Laos	— → Soviet-occupied or communist
Malaysia	Western bloc or democracy → First asylum open
Hong Kong (British)	Western bloc or democracy → First asylum open

The chapters of this moment

CH 7 — Fall of Saigon and the 1975 exodus

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