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Past Event
Seminar

The Law and Politics of Refugee Crises

Open to the Public

When and why do states assist refugees? Throughout history, states have always crafted international legal agreements to assist refugees that serve both their own interests and the refugees they purport to protect. Even as states provide humanitarian assistance to refugees, they may also use the existence of refugee flows as a political pawn. This seminar will examine this phenomenon with particular reference to the case of Vietnamese refugees following U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis. 

Date: Time: - Location: Suite 160, Room 105
Vietnamese refugees in VNAF Bell UH-1D/H Huey on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) during "Operation Frequent Wind" in the South China Sea, 29 April 1975.

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When and why do states assist refugees? Throughout history, states have always crafted international legal agreements to assist refugees that serve both their own interests and the refugees they purport to protect. Even as states provide humanitarian assistance to refugees, they may also use the existence of refugee flows as a political pawn. This seminar will examine this phenomenon with particular reference to the case of Vietnamese refugees following U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.