P03258.119 Accession Number: P03258.119

Description

A young smiling Cambodian boy plays on the back of a Toyota Landcruiser bearing the CARE International flag at a railway siding on the outskirts of Phnom Penh while a large group of CARE trucks (donated by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)) wait by a railway siding on the outskirts of Phnom Penh for a trainload of Cambodian refugee families returning from the refugee camps on the Thai border. The door of the nearest truck displays the words 'Donated by UNHCR for the Cambodian Repatriation/CARE'. Once disembarked from the train, the refugees were taken to the UN reception centre at Phnom Penh where preparations made for their final movement to the location of their choice. The Repatriation Component of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was responsible for the repatriation and resettling of 370,000 Cambodian refugees located in Thai border camps from April 1992 until March 1993, with only one fatality recorded.

Details

Accession Number
P03258.119
Maker
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1993
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
Copyright
AWM copyright

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