[Refugees] Boat People Workshop in Virginia

[Thang Nguyen]

Dear friends,

This coming weekend, there will be a workshop on Vietnamese boat
people in search of a humane solution.

I would like to invite all of those in the Washington DC area (or
on visit in the area) to participate. If you cannot, please pass
the word to your friends who can.

The workshop will be informative and action-oriented.
The rare collection of paintings on display is unique. It comes from
artists who are not in the camps. Their gruesome quality creates
cramps in viewers. The collection has been displayed in many
places in the United States. Most recently, it was on display
on Capitol Hill for two weeks this Summer.

Please come and contribute your ideas, time and resources.

Cordially,
Thang

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VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS: THE HUMANE SOLUTION
Presented by Boat People S.O.S., LAVAS and Project Ngoc
in Conjunction with
National Congress of Vietnamese in America

at George Mason University Law School
3401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia
August 15, 1993 (Sunday)
9:00 - 11:00 am

Moderator: Le Thi My-Nga, LAVAS Executive Director

9:00 - 9:30
I. OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE SITUATION and CURRENT REFUGEE CRISIS
(by Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Executive Director of Boat People
S.O.S.)
A. Background
B. Recent measures by first asylum countries and the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

9:30 - 10:30
II. EFFECTIVE METHODS TO HELP THE BOAT PEOPLE
A. Legal Assistance
(by Duong C. Hien, LAVAS legal assistant in Hong Kong)
B. Advocacy
(by Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang and Phuong Fabre, Summer intern)
C. Direct Aid
(by Sydney Truong, Project Ngoc Summer intern)

10:30 - 10:45
III. SLIDE SHOW ON CAMP CONDITIONS
(by Kirk Evans and Sydney Truong)
A. The Philippines
B. Hong Kong
C. Thailand
D. Other first asylum countries

10:45 - 11:00
IV. CONCLUSION

Note:
- The workshop encourages active audience participation and
proposals for immediate action.

- Paintings by refugee artists from Hong Kong, Thailand, and
the Philippines will be on display, courtesy of Project Ngoc.