when did the first vietnamese refugees arrived in australia
Vietnamese Australians Up until 1975 there were fewer than 2,000 Vietnam-born people in Australia.[2] Following the takeover of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese communist government in April 1975, Australia, being a signatory to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, agreed to resettle its share of Vietnam-born refugees under a refugee resettlement plan between 1975 and 1985. After the initial intake of refugees in the late 1970s, there was a second immigration peak in 1983â€“84, most likely a result of the 1982 agreement between the Australian and Vietnamese governments (the Orderly Departure Program) which allowed relatives of Vietnamese Australians to leave Vietnam and migrate to Australia. A third immigration peak in the late 1980s seems to have been mainly due to Australia's family reunion scheme.[3] Over 90,000 refugees were processed, and entered Australia during this time.[citation needed]
Immigration to Australia At the 2016 census, 26% of the Australian resident population, or 6,163,667 people, were born overseas.[16] The Australian resident population consists of people who were born in the following countries: