Indochina War Refugees Find Homes at Last, in U.S.
by Seth Mydans, New York Times
August 8, 2004
ARABURI, Thailand - It is a scene from what seems the distant past: 15,000 refugees from the American war in Indochina clustered in a guarded camp, preparing at last to head for asylum in the United States.
Monsoon rains make rivers of their muddy paths and blanket their tin-roofed huts with white noise as they sit in little classrooms for crash courses on becoming Americans.
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