1979 speech by Vice President Mondale: International responses to refugee crises from Nazi Europe to the Vietnam War
In this speech to a U.N. conference in 1979, U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale cites the Evian conference’s refugee decisions in making a case for expanding immigration quotas for refugees from Southeast Asia. This helps to historicize European complicity in the creation of Palestinian refugees.
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