Refugees

Kampuchean child born in Surin Refugee Camp (Thailand)

CA MHC 280-79.0-003
Item
1980

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a Kampuchean child, born in Surin Refugee Camp in Thailand, in the arms of a man. Refugees spend months and sometimes years in the camps waiting for resettlement or repatriation. A few face the prospect of becoming permanent "camp People".

Hess-Yoder, John

Laotian refugees in Thailand

CA MHC 280-53.0-001
Item
1979

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a woman and children, Laotian refugees in Thailand, making rice paste for rice cakes.

Hess-Yoder, John

Laotians In a refugee camp in Thailand

CA MHC 280-73.0-002
Item
1980

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of three Lao women and a child in a refugee camp in Thailand. They are sewing traditional needlework. They are members of the Hmong tribe, who left Laos in large numbers because of unhappiness over Lao government policies.

Hess-Yoder, John

Thailand

CA MHC 280-59.0-004
Item
1979

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a refugee child sitting in a hammock.

Ediger, Max

Thailand

CA MHC 280-99.0-009
Item
1981

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of three refugees in a camp in Thailand looking at a wall of photos of unaccompanied minors, trying to find their relatives.

Krasker, Annie

Thailand

CA MHC 280-59.0-003
Item
1979

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of children in a transit centre in Bangkok, Thailand preparing for resettlement.

Preheim, Marion Keeney

Thailand

CA MHC 280-99.0-003
Item
1981

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a woman and child from Laos in a Thailand refugee camp.The woman is squatting by a pot and pail. There are several other people in the background. Although women refugees far outnumber men, refugee programs have traditionally been targeted towards males.

Hess-Yoder, John

Thailand

CA MHC 280-99.0-010
Item
1981

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of Vietnamese "boat people" arriving in Songkhla camp, Thailand. There ar e a number of people on the boat and others in the water to guide it to shore.

Neumann, Victor, 1937-

Thailand

CA MHC 280-99.0-004
Item
1981

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of Vietnamese refugees at Songkhla Camp preparing food on a grounded boat.

Neumann, Victor, 1937-

Thailand

CA MHC 280-160.0-003
Item
1984

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of Fred Redekop and Shirley Redekop posing with friends at the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp.

MCC

Thailand

CA MHC 280-99.0-005
Item
1981

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of Hill Tribe refugees in Thailand sitting on chairs in a crude shelter. MCC refugee programs help these people.

Krasker, Annie

Thirty-five Vietnamese land in Thailand

CA MHC 280-176.0-002
Item
1985

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of a small boat measuring 4 feet by 36 feet which landed on Thai shores on January 4, 1985, with 35 Vietnamese aboard. Posing with the boat are (left to right): MCCer Victor Neumann, himself a World War II refugee; boat children and the Vietnamese chief of the Songkhla Camp.

Buhler, Jacob, 1943-