TRẠI TỊ NẠN ĐƯỜNG BỘ VIỆT NAM TẠI BIÊN GIỚI

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Somewhere along the Thailand border, we arrived, lived and anguished in one of those refugees camps...We existed among many thousands other Cambodian refugees, in a Vietnamese refugee camp among other huge refugee camps, like a tiny island in the vast archipelago, a floating debris in a sea of inhumanity. There we lived, prayed, and survived probably one of the harshest time in our lives.

These are only the pictures in our possession, and our stories. If you stumble across this blog site, please post any pictures, stories for our children to understand how their parents escaped, have lived, and are building a life as they have today....

Send stories and pictures to hungfng2.vnlr@blogger.com and they will be posted here for all to see.

Transit Camps

The refugees at the border camps eventually got interviewed, accepted, and settled in a third country: Australia, Denmark, Malaysia, French, Sweden, and many others. Many got accepted by the US. All the refugees who were accepted for resettlement were transported to Panatnikhom transit camp for a month or so to complete the paper work, and to be screened for health before flying to the final destinations.

For those who went to the US, they had to go to either Bataan or Galang to study English and to learn about the life in America

Below are the links to the stories and pictures of the camps that had become part of our journey to freedom. Gaylord Barr captured those moments at Pulau Galang and Bataan when he worked at the camps as an English teacher. Trinh Huy Chuong, a refugee from border camp, had the luxury of a camera to capture the pictures at Panatnikhom during the short time he was there.

Thank you Gaylord and Chuong for sharing these priceless memory.

- Pulau Galang Refugee Camp - Indonesia
- Bataan - Philippines Refugees Processing Center (PRPC)

- Panatnikhom

March 11, 2013

Thầy Enrique Figaredo

Monday, March 11, 2013

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(Photo courtesy of Louis Tri)

Thầy Enrique Figaredo ghi lưu bút. Site 2 - 1986

Chụp hình kỷ niệm trong nhà thờ tạm sau khi bỏ chạy khỏi DangRek. Site A - 1985

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March 10, 2013

UPDATE 1: Vietnam Land Refugee Reunion

Sunday, March 10, 2013

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We are planning a reunion of the Vietnamese land refugees

Everything is in planning, we just want to spread the word now such that we all can plan ahead.

UPDATE

Time: Saturday June 22, 2013
Place: Montreal Canada
Check back later or contact one of us for more detail

Quan: quanvuhoang@hotmail.com

Chuong O P D: chuongvnlr@gmail.com

Sieu Do: seando007@yahoo.com
Hung: hungpng@yahoo.com

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Những gia đình tị nạn tại Site 2

Sunday, March 10, 2013

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Anh Louis Trí đi thăm và ghi lại hình ảnh những gia đình tại trại tị nạn đuờng bộ.
Site 2, 1986/1987

(Photo courtesy of Louis Tri)

Thăm gia đình bịnh nhân bị cùi.

Thăm một gia đình tỵ nạn và cũng là tiệm may.

Thăm gia đình anh chị Trang và 2 cháu.

Thăm gia đình người Chàm.

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March 09, 2013

A Wedding of Volunteers

Saturday, March 09, 2013

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Somewhere inside a refugee camp along Thailand-Cambodian border, in 1984, a couple celebrated their wedding among the refugees.
The name of the groom is John. We do not remember the occasion, nor the name of the beautiful bride, but here they are, 29 years later...

Please let us know if you know about this special occasion, John or the gracious and beautiful bride

(Photo courtesy of Vu Hoang Quan)