Government Information on Refugees: Refugees in the 1980s

This committee report focuses on the increasing crisis among Cuban, Haitian, and other Caribbean refugees due to violations of human rights by certain governments.

The report covers the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) missions to Somalia, Pakistan, and the Phillipines for evaluation of refugee conditions in each location.

Thailand served as the initial country of refuge for many Indochinese peoples, so this document analyzes their refugee policy of the early 1980's and how the U.S. fit its resettlement programs into that mold.

This document provides details about the background and current situation for Afghan refugees in the 1980's. Additional information includes: UN responsibilities, International and voluntary agency involvement, promoting refugee self-reliance, World Food Program efforts, promotion of self-reliance, and U.S. aid contribution.

The document identifies four countries to which Indochinese refugees first flee, then discusses the distinct refugee groups within each of those locations.

Document provides details and background for refugee situations in three separate regions of Africa, as well as the United States' role, policy and action.

This statistical research includes ongoing ethnographic fieldwork among Southeast Asian refugees, specifically Lowland Lao in St. Louis.

Information is provided on the conditions of Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees and displaced persons in Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

Conditions in Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Honduras are discussed due to the rise of refugees from those countries.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, thousands of refugees sought access to Western Europe and the U.S., and processing of the became complicated due to limitations in resources and personnel.

Report looks at the political and economic conditions of Central America which have resulted in refugees seeking asylum in the U.S.

G.A.O. discusses migration patterns, political climate, refugee numbers, and future policies in this report.