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==Emigration From Laos== | ==Emigration From Laos== | ||
*Some '''Vietnamese, Laotian Chinese and Thai minorities remain''', particularly in the towns, but many left after independence in the late 1940s, many of whom '''relocated either to Vietnam, Hong Kong, or to France.''' | *Some '''Vietnamese, Laotian Chinese and Thai minorities remain''', particularly in the towns, but many left after independence in the late 1940s, many of whom '''relocated either to Vietnam, Hong Kong, or to France.''' | ||
*From 1975 to 1996, the '''United States''' resettled some 250,000 Lao refugees from Thailand, including 130,000 Hmong. | *From 1975 to 1996, the '''United States''' resettled some 250,000 Lao refugees from Thailand, including 130,000 Hmong.<ref name="la"/> | ||
*'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 1,294,200. Top destination countries: '''Thailand, the United States, Bangladesh, France, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, China, Germany, Switzerland''' <ref>"Laos", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=13, accessed 3 August 2021.</ref> | *'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 1,294,200. Top destination countries: '''Thailand, the United States, Bangladesh, France, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, China, Germany, Switzerland''' <ref>"Laos", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=13, accessed 3 August 2021.</ref> | ||