Galang Refugee Camp

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Galang Refugee Camp was a major Indonesian camp that housed large numbers of Vietnamese boat people and other Indochinese refugees from the late 1970s through the 1990s.

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Galang Refugee Camp canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical site
refugee camp
continent Asia
country Indonesia
currentUse memorial site
tourist attraction
dissolved 1996
endDate 1996
governedUnder Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees NERFINISHED
hasFacility administrative offices
housing barracks
medical clinic
places of worship
schools
hasMemorial monuments to Vietnamese boat people
museum about Indochinese refugees
housed Cambodian refugees
Laotian refugees
Vietnamese boat people
inception 1979
languageUsed English
Indonesian
Vietnamese
locatedIn Galang Island NERFINISHED
Riau Archipelago NERFINISHED
Riau Islands NERFINISHED
Riau Islands Province NERFINISHED
locatedInBodyOfWater South China Sea NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone UTC+7
locatedNear Batam NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Batam NERFINISHED
notableFor receiving large numbers of Vietnamese boat people
role in the Indochinese refugee crisis
operatedBy Government of Indonesia NERFINISHED
partOf Indochinese refugee resettlement program
regional processing system for boat people in Southeast Asia
peakActivityPeriod 1980s
primaryFunction processing center for resettlement to third countries
temporary asylum for Indochinese refugees
region Southeast Asia
regionServed Indochina NERFINISHED
startDate 1979
status closed
supportedBy International Organization for Migration NERFINISHED
UNHCR NERFINISHED
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees NERFINISHED
usedFrom late 1970s
usedUntil mid-1990s

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Galang hasPart Galang Refugee Camp