In California, home to more than half the roughly 170,000 Laotian refugees, the effects have been especially harsh.

In mid-1985, finding enough labor was so difficult that Mr. Karam recruited Laotian refugees.

I'd rather underwrite my own community needs, from Laotian refugees to the soup kitchen.

HMS sponsored Vietnamese and Laotian refugees coming into the country in the early 1980s.

Some residents say shacks built by Laotian refugees who farm in this east-central Minnesota community are embarrassing and should be replaced.

The Tenderloin Times is very likely the only newspaper in this city to be distributed from a grocery shopping cart by a Laotian refugee.

In total, Canada took in 12,793 Laotian refugees.

A study of Laotian refugees in Paris.

Rosalynn also led a delegation to Thailand in 1979 to address the problems of Cambodian and Laotian refugees.

The House also approved a measure to offer resettlement to thousands of Vietnamese and Laotian refugees.