EVENT INFORMATION

20
Juli
1979

UN meeting in Geneva addresses Southeast Asian refugees

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๐Ÿ“… 20 Juli 1979 ๐Ÿ“ Zwitserland

Governments met to address refugee arrivals, first-asylum responsibilities, rescue and protection at sea, and resettlement. The meeting produced a multilateral response but also made admission conditional on states sharing the resettlement burden. Refugeesโ€™ own testimony often sits outside official conference records.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Vietnamese and other Indochinese refugees

state delegates

Organisaties in dit Evenement

United Nations

UNHCR

first-asylum countries