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After the Vietnam War, France relocated a small group of 45 Hmong refugees from Laos to its overseas territory in South America, called French Guiana.
The Hmong people were fleeing persecution from the communists, because they were long-time allies of France and had fought with US forces.
Forty years later, French Guiana is now heavily reliant on the food that these refugees and their descendants grow in farms deep in the Amazon jungle. It’s said they are a true immigration success story, but this happy ending was not always guaranteed.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
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@toujours405
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Wow. I have family on my mom's side who ended up in French Guiana. I only ever heard about it when I was little so I thought it was located in Canada like Quebec. Did not realize how similar their livelihoods were to Laos and the type of environment they were in til just now. I hope they can reconnect with their families that were displaced bc of the wars and genocides that took place.
@user-hm5rs7wn5v
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Hmong do marry outside their ethnic group! I have a Mexican friend married to a Hmong girl, have two children already. I’ve met many other Mexican and Hmong couples here in California. It’s common here. I have several Hmong friends. Good people.
@vangthao4624
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Good documentary, but the elder Hmong gentleman's subtitles are not accurate. The video cuts him off mid-sentence several times. I will caption if enough interest. Marc Del Grande made some very good statements. Thank you for the documentary BBC.
@vitravaah2527
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
The old man said, '" When we got here, there were only thick jungles. We have to cleared the jungles so we can farmed".
@tartzmir7934
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Vietnamese when talking about American war crimes:
“Yeah fuck the muricans, fuck da rapist imperialist coming to ravage our fertile land”
Vietnamese when talking about their war crimes:
“Can you say that again” *proceed to escalate into an altercation”
Americans when talking about their war crimes:
“Yeah… we did it, but that doesn’t reflect us as a people and the entire military”
Americans when talking about other countries’ war crimes:
“Yeah they’re bad but we just kinda forgive them and move on with it”
Germans talking about their war crimes:
“Can we talk about something else ?”
French when talking about their war crimes:
“Don’t care don’t give a shit, move on with it already si vous plaît”
Totally unrelated Ik but if you couldn’t care enough then just don’t mind Ig
@emiliobello2538
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Love seeing this
@wolverinex4243
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Translation is terrible
@dattranthanh6757
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Lol. Just the dogs of the French colonialists.
@ItsaMeGo
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Informative video but horrible Hmong translation, it often omits critical details the Hmong speakers are saying and often times completely misrepresents their words and intentions entirely
@cyyg7487
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Great video BBC
but the translation needs much improvement.
@andyl9920
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Which flights can i fly to get there? I looked on travelocity for 2023 and there are no flights there at all. Please help.
@Haoxman101
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
One thing I learn bout us hmong people is we make home of where we are even with all the conflict we haves faced.Hmong people are simple and loving even when there’s tension and hate. We are true survivors ❤ I feel blessed to be hmong
@rickiex
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
@4:00 he actually says vietnamese instead of communist, but i totally get why they sub'd it into communist instead of vietnamese xD
@victoryang3220
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
We, the Hmong people, migrated from China to Laos in many centuries ago. I hope we're establishing permanent residences in where ever we are now to avoid another movement. This is a good reflection of our experiences and resettlement as refugees from Laos. Thank you to BBC for sharing this special film about our Hmong people.
@toualee1430
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
My grandma would tell us stories about how the French would recruit Hmongs to help build the railroads.
@hmoobluj3860
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
French in Laos was a big taxed collection from the poor people and force them to do gold mine for frenchis….
@jeanpierrehelaine7201
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
These hmong have a very positive spirit Their futur is in front of them . Meanwhile there s a guy complaining , there's no more slavery in guyane , time to wake up, the futur is not behind . Hmong are hard working people , there s no secret .
@TheHmongcgi
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
HMONG AMERICAN HAVE TO BEST CHOICE.
@ScooterBlia2
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Thank you for making and sharing this short documentary! Much love from around the world.
@ssthao
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
In Laos, Hmong can easily chop down all the trees on a mountain so they can plant their rice, corns and other veggies in a few weeks so this forest is nothing to them.
@Desi365
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
France was rewarded for not leaving behind those who fought for her, then. French Hmongs, like all French nationals can look at the future.
@Desi365
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Onne (important) word though: Guiana is not a "colony" of France. Guyaneses voted in the 50s against independence and to remain part of France. They are an overseas territory, like Alaska is for the US for example.
@worldentertainmentvang7307
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
3:45 Have much respect for the Hmong Veteran guy, Become a soldier for the French Army in 1940's. Thank you for your service and contributions, commitment to protect your Country, your homeland.
@448cv
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
The translation is so off!
@california199_7
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
It’s sad that they Hmong are not be accepted for France citizens and are denied.
@bigjim2times
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Had A Hmong boss once. Her family fled to war to Tennessee and mainly do agriculture.
Her family is HUGE, I mean each family member has like 4-6 kids. She also has 4 kids to support while working as a single mother.
The black community hasn't been very kind towards them. The Hmong kids were constantly picked on at school while the principles turned a blind eye on them.
@nobueno5454
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Hmong people in the comments: I'm Hmong Too !!!
@VictorFursov
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Very interesting and positive movie. Thank you.
@chewher4171
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Hello my people…My family branch ended up in California. It is important to know our history. And yet, now American is doing the same thing to the Middle East. My history teacher Mr. Collins once said, "history often repeats itself." I didn't really understand why he said that, but if you live long enough you see the patterns of human society. Maybe one day I could visit Hmongs from Australia, French Guiana, and France.
@ahmongtheworld4701
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
12:20 – "I arrived in this country, and I believe that people can see now that I am a respectable elder. Now I'm old. As I age, I conclude that if you are Hmong, be proud to be Hmong in this country."
This translation more accurately captures the heart of the elderly man's concluding remark in light of the Hmong's difficult history leading up to and in French Guiana. His peoples' and his resilience in the face of opposition is the reason why they celebrate being Hmong. They not only rebuilt their community from the ground up but also now contribute to French Guiana's overall economy and sustainability. In the Hmong culture, one's community's honor is also one's honor which is why he takes pride in his people and their accomplishments. He is a respectable elder because of his community!
Thank you for making this video to give a voice to people not often heard.
@jonathanmoua8543
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
The elders will almost be missing their old country, no matter how much better the current living conditions are. We are people of the mountain.
@cashcash5995
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
The biggest mistake that we have made : we fought for the colonizer instead of fighting for the mother land and independence .
@MikeyLee559
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Do they need me to translate? Damn most of the translation is all wrong lol hire me 4 realz
@apbpa5042
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
I am Hmong living in America and I am so proud of our people. With all the persecution, we still survived with much of our language, culture & history, but if our young don't take interest soon, we will lose all that rich history.
@northbay4619
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Hmong-Americans are always praying for their own country and all the Hmong politicians spew rhetoric about not having one in order to get elected. Look at these Hmong French Guianians! They took the land, cultivated it, and practically built a country up. This is what it takes to nation build. Hmong-Americans should take notes instead of being sour grapes all the time, demanding for entitlements from the Democratic Party.
@TheNeeyang
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
Hmong people will always survive. That’s all we know!
@TheMadisonHang
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
i would say one of the more volatile / lucrative endevours of french colonialism
@TheMadisonHang
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
hmong people have the most unique and dynamic history of any Nation in the world
@av3r3st24
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 pm
the translators are leaving some specifics out and i personally don’t like that they simplify it
0:10 we we arrived in this land, the darks thought that, us hmong ate people.
0:59 then when we came, it was only forests. (i’m not exactly sure on this part, but:) we then thought, wood, then cut down wood whole. (probably means farm? iono)
2:11 i like that translation, it’s pretty correct.
4:00 They captured my mother and 2 children and sister in law. The reason, that my mom and my sister in law and her children were killed, what was the reason; Because i went to be a soldier, to be a french soldier. You think that you can’t stay anymore. You are the one to take everyone out of laos, and into france, into America.
(background info: Because the usa were leaving “lost” the vietnam war, they left behind the native people there who were helping them. Because hmong people helped the other side, they were being prosecuted. The “secret war” to hmong people were about the recruit of us who became soldiers and helped america fight against communists. everyone in laos had to journey and cross the mekong river to flee from laos to thailand. From thailand, there would be camps of these refugees. And because of that, the usa and france (apparently. i thought it was just the us until now) came and took some of the hmong people to their country. Dispersing the hmong people around the US. you could say hmong people are here now because of this.
6:27 when us hmong came, the forest was dark (meaning there was a lot of forest) when us hmong came. made clothes, stayed and slept. Morning, you think that, “you came to this land, is it right to stay or not stay”, but then you think, “you don’t have land or place anymore, nevermind, as long as there’s a place for wife and children to make food and eat, it’s good. When we then came, it was only jungle.
12:20 i think that, i came to this land, others see that i am an elder who has value. Now, i am old, i am old. i think that, “you are hmong, you are happy you are hmong, that you came to this land here france.”
these are how i personally translate it, i don’t understand some of his words, but this is more specifically translated.