Orderly Departure Program

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf refugee resettlement program
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:UNHCR
gptkbp:context post-Vietnam War refugee crisis
gptkbp:countryTraversed gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:United_States
Other Western countries
gptkbp:endDate 1999
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orderly Departure Program
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Government_of_the_United_States
gptkb:United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees
gptkb:Government_of_Vietnam
gptkbp:negotiatedBy Geneva Conference on Indochinese Refugees
gptkbp:notableFor family reunification
humanitarian migration
reducing deaths at sea
gptkbp:purpose to provide a safe and legal means for Vietnamese to emigrate
gptkbp:replacedBy dangerous boat escapes
gptkbp:resultedIn resettlement of over 500,000 Vietnamese
gptkbp:startDate 1979
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:boat_people
gptkb:1980s_boat_people
gptkb:Boat_People
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7