GEOG 64 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vietnamese Boat People, Military Elite, Overseas Vietnamese
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Kelly, refugees from vn, cambodia, & laos in 1970s-1980s, aaapss (1986) https://sakai. unc. edu/access/content/group/539e9cfd-02bb-4ce9-bc22-4ba81e87b21f/kelly%2c. Employment increased -- as did the income. April 1975 130,000 refugees from vietnam went to u. s. By march 1980 - 350,000 vietnamese gained entry to u. s. 1st wave -- 1975 - american-sponsored evacuation. Came directly from home country to refugee camps on the u. s. mainland. Religion - catholics (many moved from north south) Tended to be second-time migrants moved from north to south vietnam. 24% lawyers, technicians, managers, university teachers . 2nd wave -- between 1975 - 1977 ~1800 refugees/month. Boat people and overland refugees that spent time refugee camps in thailand, malaysia, Also secondary migrants, but from outside vietnam. Not just vietnamese - hmong, laos (collapse of gov"t), cambodian (genocide, civil war) Left because of opposition to new govt. Sponsored by relatives (family connections from 1st wave) Before 1980 - parolees work, but no citizenship. 1976-1977 u. s denied entry to individuals other than for family reunification.
