Refugees

1968 - The Share Out: Refugee women counting out the catch made by one of the cooperative nets. Some times the value is as Little as a few shilling pet net. Hours of Back Breaking Work for A Few Shillings Worth of Fist Indochinas War Refugees Scrape A Living By Cooperative Nets: Sad relic of the bitter struggle between Communist and anti-communist in French Indochina today are the refuge4es who fled South of the 17th Parallel at the Peace, rather than live under communist rule. Thousands of the refugees have found some kind of work; thousands still live on a Colombo Plan dole. Others independent and more proud, have banded themselves into groups which have bought or made huge fishing nets from aid funds, and operate them cooperatively on the coastline around Cap St. Jacques 70 miles from Saigon, - an area once popular with the French as a holiday resort. The fishing is poor, and enormous labour is needs even to recap a small rewards. Everyone who helps pull the nets gets an equal to a few catch, either to sell or eat. Average earning amount to a few shillings. Some fisherman prefer working in pairs or parties of four, using smaller nets but getting a larger share of the proceeds. Large nets are rowed out into the bay. The smaller ones are used only closeinshore. The Smaller netsare often shared by several groups. While one pair sells, the other fishes; and then they change over roles. In spite of their labours, the refuges are happy people. They retain a measure of independence and some of their pride, and this, to their race, is a great deal. (Credit Image: (c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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19600104 Amount Anti-communist Average Banded Bitter Bought Colombo Cooperative Cooperatively Counting Dole Earning Either Enormous Equal Everyone Fled Funds Helps Indochina Indochinas Labours Larger Measure Needs Nets Often Operate Pairs Parallel Prefer Proceeds Proud Pull Rather Refugee Refuges Relic Retain Rewards Roles Rowed Rule Saigon Scrape Sell Sells Share Shared Shilling Shillings Smaller Spite Themselves Value Worth

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