Mr. Speaker.. I rise today to bring your attention to the crisis of the Southeast Asian refugees. Ever since the Japanese imperial expansion of the 1930s and 1940s. the men and women of Southeast Asia have suffered at the hands of one repressive regime after another. Today. that repression has reached a new zenith. and the incredible flow of refugees from the nations of Southeast Asia speaks far more forcefully than words. During the last few months. the number of refugees attempting to exit Vietnam. Laos. and Cambodia have hovered at 152.000 people per month. Of this group. 43 percent or 87.000 have lost their lives in attempting to safely escape.
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