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A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

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Phu war a 14 year old boy who lives in Saigon, Vietnam in 1979. When the war hit Phu's mother told him he needed to escape so his mother bought him a fake passport and space on a boat out of the country.With hundreds of people on a boat many pirates came and stole all of their items and food. When they  got to Mylasia,the cops came and took them to the Pulau Bidong refugee camp and because he didn't have any money, Phu was very lonely. He spent 14 days at sea and 8 months at the refugee camp. After the camp, Phu was sent to live with his cousins in "little Saigon" and soon after his family escaped Vietnam. Phu later got a job and then after School Phu join the military and then he studies management and went back to school to become a criminal defense lawer.

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Everyone in the Vietnam war was effected and not only did it cost Vietnam a lot of money but it cost the U.S. $20 billion. Along with that, most of Vietnam was in ruins and that cost more money. With all that money gone, most people that were left there or came back didn't have much money and a lot of people went into poverty. Now with all their houses in ruble most people didn't have a place to go.

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What are refugees lives like when they arrive

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What are refugees lives like when they arrive

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Unfortunately, life as a refugee in the beginning was not very pleasant. They did not get very nice homes and often have to live in motels. They also do not get great jobs either, in fact they have to learn the language of the country they are in before they get jobs. Not only that but some often don't have anything besides the clothes on their backs.

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Some people that were helping were the United States and other western countrys. The United States helped 120,000 refugees and the western countrys helped 260,000 refugees. 20 Western countrys helped like Canada, Australia, and France and helped 623,800 refugees out of 2 million.

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How did the refugees get to where they went

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How did the refugees get to where they went

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The primary way these refugees got to safety was  by boat but that was not the only way. Some got airlifted and some even got there through a family program. When they got on boats they were very crowded on their way to Mylasia then the U.S.

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Digital story of my parent's migration from Vietnam to Australia

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Information about the country and region.

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Information about the country and region.

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Vietnam is located near Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Mayanmar.It is also along the South-China sea North of Hano, and South is near Ho Chi Minh City. Emperor Bad Dia ruled the South while Ho was in control of the North but from 1858 to 1954 France was under control of Vietnam.

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During the beginning, Vietnam had been split into two countrys, North and South Vietnam. Mostly just North Vietnam was communists and the North wanted to reunify Vietnam by seizing control of the South. The United Stated decided to get involved when the president told them to

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These refugees went to China and Maylasia. Not only did they settle there but also settled under the orderly department program. There were 1.6 million Vietnamese resettled between 1975 and 1997 that escaped out of Vietnam,Laos,and Cambodia. Some people in that time went to South-East Asia and along the away some were even branded

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In the Vietnam war more than 3 million people died. Sadly only 2 million people could get asylum. The people involved are in North and South Vietnam along with some southern allies. Among the 3 million people there were 58,000 Americans who died. The U.S. interest was shaped by its rivalry with the soviet union, a group of communists led by Russia