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SBS looks back at the 50th anniversary of Operation Babylift
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SBS looks back at the 50th anniversary of Operation Babylift
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This month will mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, and the beginning of one of Australia's largest post-war migrations. In that year – 1975 – SBS started broadcasting in-language radio programs to reach Australia's growing migrant communities. At the same time, as an extraordinary rescue operation was taking place – the evacuation of babies and children from Vietnamese orphanages, who were brought to Australia in "Operation Babylift".
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