Refugees Return on Final U.N. Flights
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Ninety-three Vietnamese boat people arrived in Hanoi on the last United Nations chartered repatriation flight there from Hong Kong. They were part of the last major voluntary repatriation organized by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. An additional 152 people were flown to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. The refugees’ saga began during the 1970s in the aftermath of the Vietnam War as thousands sought to flee the country following the Communists’ victory over U.S.-backed South Vietnam.
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