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Artwork by refugees in Hong Kong

Artworks by Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers made during their detention in Hong Kong.


University of California, Irvine Libraries Collection

Source: The Southeast Asian Archive at the University of California, Irvine Libraries
Special collections: Paul Tran on Southeast Asian refugees and Project Ngoc records








Art in the Camps

Source: The International Institute of Social History – Research institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Special collection:  Garden Streams Hong Kong Fellowship of Christian Artists Collection



















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