The refugees feeding a nation - BBC News

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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  • @bigjim2times
    @bigjim2times2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @fortnitepzprs584

    @fortnitepzprs584

    9 ай бұрын

    Agree with you 💯 teachers and principal turned blind eyes.

  • @user-df3op4jz1f

    @user-df3op4jz1f

    8 ай бұрын

    The people who cry racism is usually the most racist. They're a mirror of themselves.

  • @SoCloud526

    @SoCloud526

    3 ай бұрын

    The ignorant blacks! I'm not surprised in Tenn😤

  • @moev6460
    @moev64603 жыл бұрын

    There's a saying in Hmong. Give us land and we will never be hungry.

  • @worldentertainmentvang7307

    @worldentertainmentvang7307

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also..there’s a saying in Hmong. If you give us Arms, we will fight against communism. Helping the U.S is a sad situation, as an Allie during the Vietnam War in Laos, we almost win the war..but the U.S Congress chose to leave in 1973 by not sending more ammunition and other supplies for the Hmong and General Vang Pao’s Military Forces in Laos. In 1973, The Royalist Lao Government and the Communist Pathet Lao rebels, Left-Wing government signed a peace treaty ceasefire agreement. The Communist lied and tooked over the country in 1975.

  • @ChatRBz
    @ChatRBz3 жыл бұрын

    I'm so proud that some people recognize our hmong history

  • @TheHmongcgi

    @TheHmongcgi

    2 жыл бұрын

    CHINA IS THE WORSE PLACE TO BE A HMONG.....THE CALL US MIAO THERE.

  • @johnnythao

    @johnnythao

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheHmongcgi Every ethnic group has a different name that identifies them in another language. I mean we call the Han-Chinese "Suav", and that's only almost exclusive to us Hmong-Lao people, because other Hmong people from other Asian countries have their own names and terms they call Han-Chinese people. Also, the term "Miaozu" isn't adherently bad, because the character "苗" is used to explain something like a flower sprouting, which was possibly influenced by our women's colorful clothing. while "族" is the basic's for the word "clan". Unless you're going off on what the Southeast Asian's call us, such "Meo", than yeah, it's a derogatory term, because it's like calling us "Cats", which is often the term the majority of Hmong-Lao people are only familiar with.

  • @appleslover
    @appleslover3 жыл бұрын

    Everyone wants them to survive but no one wants to help them

  • @flopshow2133

    @flopshow2133

    3 жыл бұрын

    😢

  • @Facts_Tube2128

    @Facts_Tube2128

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smallest country to the world kzread.info/dash/bejne/g22AsLixqLradbw.html

  • @solidus_reaver4381

    @solidus_reaver4381

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go and help them then

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @xeemnpisyuslis2089

    @xeemnpisyuslis2089

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true. I worked in Cacao for 3 years as Hmong-American. Only now, that they are successful in developing the country/Territory, that they are respected. 2000+ Hmong in French Guiana, providing 70-80% of the agriculture for French Guiana of about 300,000 population. Everyone wants them now.

  • @victoryang3220
    @victoryang3220 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @robertt.7673
    @robertt.76733 жыл бұрын

    The Hmongs were dropped in the jungle with no supports and they built everything. The locals once protested "Hmongs Out" and now the country couldn't live without them. 2% of pop feeds 70% of the country. Wow. When you get rid of wars and hate, things seem to turn out well for everybody. Beautiful story of an incredible group of people. When I think of French Guiana, I think of the hellhole of the penal colony that French government used to ship its criminals to. The film "Papillon" came to mind.

  • @marlene97280

    @marlene97280

    2 жыл бұрын

    They can, les circonstances ont fait qu'ils ont monopoliser le secteur agricole

  • @rogerrugina9594

    @rogerrugina9594

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marlene97280 monopoliser comment? Les noirs font quoi? Manif apres manif

  • @ironivzed1674

    @ironivzed1674

    Жыл бұрын

    I just learn this few weeks ago.... they talking about hmong people in South Africa or South America. I'm hmong too but the subtitles and stories not matching up.

  • @maximeschmitt2094

    @maximeschmitt2094

    9 ай бұрын

    With no support?? France offered them a BIG territory that wasn't in the middle of nothing since there was a Mission there! Also, wood planks and roof sheets were offered to them to build their houses. The French government went to help them in Asia and made sure that families comprised the 3 generations! Your comment is absolutely DISGUSTING. Just because you hate France (based on lies probably) doesn't allow you to post those p'ath'eti'c BS.

  • @robertt.7673

    @robertt.7673

    9 ай бұрын

    @@maximeschmitt2094 Read my post again. You have no idea what I posted but did not stop you to attack me!!! Just because I praised the Hmongs does not mean I hate France. Since we on subject, why didn't France government allow the Hmongs to immigrate into France like they did with the Vietnamese, Moroccans and other people from French colonies at that time? We know why and that I think the Hmongs are incredible people with strong survival skills. And support to you means wood planks and metal sheets to build their houses and that was enough for you. So you prefer Missionary help more than the resources the France government offer inside France itself, for instant the psychological help, after all they just arrived from war zone. Yes it was the jungle that they cleared up and build their lives over again and not big cities to what being reported. By the way, my paternal side live in a suburb outside Paris and in Mets. Two of my uncles work for the French government. Yea right, I must really hate France (i am being sarcastic so don't misconstrue). You comment shows you are illiterate and know nothing so STFU!!!

  • @ahmongtheworld4701
    @ahmongtheworld47012 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Desi365

    @Desi365

    2 жыл бұрын

    What did Hmongs do in the US ? What areas did they relocate to ? Did they keep farming ?

  • @devilish_sins

    @devilish_sins

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Desi365 Hello Desi! I’m Hmong and the Hmong people helped the US fought against the Vietnamese in the Vietnam war because they were the only people who knew the way around the land. They are a tribal group that lives up in the mountains in Laos near the border between Thailand and Vietnam. Hmong people have relocated in Minnesota, North Carolina, California, Georgia, Utah, and Wisconsin. Yes Hmong people kept farming till today.

  • @bradyang

    @bradyang

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Desi365yes, and much more. The Minnesota history museum has a hmong history exhibition that everyone should see.

  • @welcome2stp
    @welcome2stp3 жыл бұрын

    I love my people! Thank you for making this video. Wished it was longer. Love from USA 🇺🇸

  • @flopshow2133

    @flopshow2133

    3 жыл бұрын

    wow great text

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @gaohuynhanderson
    @gaohuynhanderson3 жыл бұрын

    Very heart warming. Thank you! I’m Hmong and I wouldn’t be here in USA if it weren’t for my parents sacrifice. ❤️❤️😊

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @ssthao
    @ssthao2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @apbpa5042
    @apbpa50422 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lookiaursiana

    @lookiaursiana

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends what you mean by "taking interest"

  • @apbpa5042

    @apbpa5042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lookiaursiana examples like learning the language, it's history, and some of its traditions, etc

  • @lookiaursiana

    @lookiaursiana

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@apbpa5042 yeah there're is definitely some things to keep but also a lot of things to change or forget about the traditions for the sake of new generations especially when it comes to how women are treated.

  • @apbpa5042

    @apbpa5042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lookiaursiana yep that's a big 👍

  • @worldentertainmentvang7307
    @worldentertainmentvang73072 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @yengvang757
    @yengvang7573 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this video thank you for giving us recognition. I love our people and I'm proud to be Hmong. I wish it was longer I couldn't stop watching this.

  • @Haoxman101
    @Haoxman101 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @i.h.7268
    @i.h.72683 жыл бұрын

    My people have sacrificed so much for the US and French. We lost our loved ones and our homes. Today the government we fought along side with don't appreciate us. We were thrown in random places, we learned how to adapt and we started over without any help.

  • @johnx8285
    @johnx82853 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad that the French government offered Hmong people a place to settle after the war, but Placing them onto a French territory is kind of a slap in the face. That's like the US saying to the Hmong "we're gonna put you guys on Puerto Rico because your lifestyle doesn't suit the mainland".

  • @northbay4619

    @northbay4619

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're wrong. Many Hmong struggle to assimilate in America and live at the poverty line. You think that way because you think the agrarian lifestyle is inferior when in actuality, the Hmong in French Guiana are considered very prosperous. Meanwhile, the younger generation is also educated and fully participate in the modern world.

  • @Desi365

    @Desi365

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's none of that. The Hmongs are farmers and farming was needed in Guiana at that time. That was a fuzzy plan from the onset, to be honest, but the Hmongs made it come to life. Kudos to them.

  • @sirsaca6026

    @sirsaca6026

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @maximeschmitt2094

    @maximeschmitt2094

    9 ай бұрын

    Yeah shame on the French government that sent those refugees to a place that is MUCH more similar to South East Asia. It would have been so MUCH better to send them in big souless US cities

  • @pablobilbao9258

    @pablobilbao9258

    3 ай бұрын

    There are many Hmongs in metropolitan France too and they are doing well.

  • @jeanpierrehelaine7201
    @jeanpierrehelaine72012 жыл бұрын

    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 .

  • @lfeb
    @lfeb3 жыл бұрын

    Such hardship! What resilience! Very impressive story, wish I had been taught in school

  • @pathao8182
    @pathao81823 жыл бұрын

    Thank you BBC news for telling our story. ❤️🙏🏻✨

  • @naveenkrishnan140
    @naveenkrishnan1403 жыл бұрын

    its emotional hearing the grandma story. hmong people will get what they work for...

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @xeemnpisyuslis2089

    @xeemnpisyuslis2089

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @allandsouza2288
    @allandsouza22883 жыл бұрын

    These people are hard working

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @Desi365
    @Desi3652 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @holamad
    @holamad3 жыл бұрын

    Respect to the Hmongs

  • @kandisong7805
    @kandisong78053 жыл бұрын

    My people have suffered-no land called home and the only home is the one we carry together as a community in our unwavering hearts to helps others.

  • @ScooterBlia2
    @ScooterBlia22 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making and sharing this short documentary! Much love from around the world.

  • @rickiex
    @rickiex Жыл бұрын

    @4:00 he actually says vietnamese instead of communist, but i totally get why they sub'd it into communist instead of vietnamese xD

  • @l06pual

    @l06pual

    Ай бұрын

    The Vietnamese were referring to the communist at the time. We local simply call them viet or kao

  • @alwaysluv4ever774
    @alwaysluv4ever7743 жыл бұрын

    Wow. This is so beautiful. Long live these beautiful people. Long live free Hmong. They’ve worked so hard. May the Lord always watch over them.🙏❤️✨

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @luevang5235
    @luevang52353 жыл бұрын

    I love how French only helped us because they saw profit... Anyways I’m so glad Hmong in French Guiana are doing fine🙂

  • @JSS_Network

    @JSS_Network

    3 жыл бұрын

    France can't let go of their colonial ideology, who are the original inhabitants of Guiana? Obviously not the french..

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    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @northbay4619

    @northbay4619

    2 жыл бұрын

    Quit crying. It is a win-win for both sides.

  • @northbay4619

    @northbay4619

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JSS_Network It's a dog eat dog world. If you don't protect your territory and cultivate it, someone else will.

  • @az00001
    @az000013 жыл бұрын

    Great documentary!! Hmong lives more than 5000 years and still going.

  • @niamtxiv
    @niamtxiv3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the doc. Bless be with the Hmong community of French Guyane.

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    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @freesaxon6835
    @freesaxon68353 жыл бұрын

    Whilst here in Britain you are called a racist if you want to ' marry your own ' say no to integration annihilation '

  • @vitravaah2527
    @vitravaah252710 ай бұрын

    The old man said, '" When we got here, there were only thick jungles. We have to cleared the jungles so we can farmed".

  • @toualee1430
    @toualee1430 Жыл бұрын

    My grandma would tell us stories about how the French would recruit Hmongs to help build the railroads.

  • @deanavang
    @deanavang3 жыл бұрын

    How cool! I don’t know why I never came across this awesome video. Thank you for sharing! ❤️

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    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @xeemnpisyuslis2089

    @xeemnpisyuslis2089

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are a few news by French TVs over the year (kinda bias) and I believe this is the second by BBC. As Hmong American, I took my family down there and work for three years there. Living with this family. Yawm Txiv Txoos Foom Muas...

  • @tubceevxwmlee8328
    @tubceevxwmlee83283 жыл бұрын

    Grandpa is proud to be Hmong. 👍

  • @barrykevin7658
    @barrykevin76583 жыл бұрын

    The rest of us in the world can certainly learn something from that story ,

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    @agathokleia3056

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @lojleeb2996
    @lojleeb29963 жыл бұрын

    we THe Hmong, we are peacful people and we are the mother of grow thing on earth, whatever countries have Hmong people live in, that country is lucky and will have food to eat.

  • @mryaj0095
    @mryaj00953 жыл бұрын

    Thats my people... so proud.

  • @QSL.
    @QSL.3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! How wonderful, they were not welcome, not wanted. These people were threw into the middle of the jungle, with no help. They survived and now, they own the country. Stand up you Hmong people!, stand up ! Stand up! You own all the things that you have made and work so hard for. Out of all of us( Hmong refugees) you have the hardest, and work the hardest, by the awesomeness of your survival skills and hard work. Now you become kind and celebrated your good work! Now the French want you, because you are now worthy. YOU HMONG HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WORTHY ALL THE TIME! STAND TALL HMONG. May all of you be blessed.

  • @Desi365

    @Desi365

    Жыл бұрын

    It's France who saved their lives, you understand. They were going to be killed by the communists in Vietnam. And they were not "thrown into the jungle", they were given the land to be farmed. That's not what i call mistreatment.

  • @Desi365
    @Desi3652 жыл бұрын

    France was rewarded for not leaving behind those who fought for her, then. French Hmongs, like all French nationals can look at the future.

  • @jinchang9639
    @jinchang96393 жыл бұрын

    So sad and so proud to see my people are doing well around the world. Yes, the Communist Lao still kill the Hmong so I hope UN can help soon.

  • @apbpa5042

    @apbpa5042

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those are our forgotten brothers & sisters that we need to remember to go back for. We should not forget them.

  • @pangcrain6040
    @pangcrain60403 жыл бұрын

    Spreading the love and kindness 😍 is what makes the world go around

  • @wm2357
    @wm23573 жыл бұрын

    Israel has not yet learned to be multicultural.

  • @lewis123417

    @lewis123417

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not everyone in the world subscribes to the idea of multiculturalism. It's relatively new and given the trouble it's caused in Europe I can't see it being exported worldwide anytime soo.

  • @mikhailgorbachev7851

    @mikhailgorbachev7851

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lewis123417 hold up. Multiculturalism has worked for centuries. Just because a few non-European people killed a bunch of Europeans doesn't mean multiculturalism doesn't work. The systems, the food, the people, religions and the cultures have been mixed since people began travelling. Today we eat chocolate most likely grown in Africa. We drink tea grown in India. I eat my fish and chips inspired by the Scandinavians. Everything has mixed with other cultures. The algebra I learn was invented by an Iranian. The fruits I eat are grown from every corner of KZread. You must look at the positives before looking at the negatives. Peace ✌

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    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @lbkHS
    @lbkHS3 жыл бұрын

    working with many H'mong Christians in Vietnam. They are indeed hardworking, smart and generous.

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    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @lauravang6556
    @lauravang65563 жыл бұрын

    Horrible translation of what was being said by the elderly gentleman.

  • @jerryhsu5032

    @jerryhsu5032

    3 жыл бұрын

    Betrayal of his own people and joined the French army?

  • @TravelerLensOfficial
    @TravelerLensOfficial3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Peace from Tunisia !

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  • @Diesel735
    @Diesel7353 жыл бұрын

    Working hard at what you know. Can lead to success.

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  • @nutellaindian4917
    @nutellaindian49173 жыл бұрын

    Time for every person to live responsibly.

  • @MJamilHoque
    @MJamilHoque3 жыл бұрын

    This just highlights nations like Britain, France, America who divide, destroy manipulate and displace (in other words colonise) leave a path of poverty. All of them should be a shamed and taxed!

  • @MJamilHoque

    @MJamilHoque

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dicky Tricky Did I hit a nerve end of yours? Just because the west have recently abolished slavery, does not mean they can point the finger at others. Fact is colonisation still effects those people. Slavery was one of the perks from colonising countries. Another was manipulating situations to take raw resources without paying for them.

  • @billbob458

    @billbob458

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MJamilHoque Go away brownman, we don't care

  • @MJamilHoque

    @MJamilHoque

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dicky Tricky I can see your narrow mind cannot consider the other side but let's go with one of the countries you point out. India has a satisfactory railway system and back when it was built, a good one at that. However they had the abilities to obtain the skill to achieve that themselves, if Britain did not interfer or colonise them. India has enough agriculture to satisfy their nation and again could have increased it themselves, without the need of anyone interfering. They had laws in place effective communication that worked without Britain interfering and dividing the country. But let's see why Britain went to India, as you say for trade? At the time of India being colonised, India had a wealth of resources worth £41 Trillion. Imagine the value they would have now! All of which were taken by political moves backed by the army. Let's not get into another separate example of China and the opium war.

  • @andyl9920
    @andyl9920 Жыл бұрын

    Which flights can i fly to get there? I looked on travelocity for 2023 and there are no flights there at all. Please help.

  • @TranNguyen-fj7yd
    @TranNguyen-fj7yd3 жыл бұрын

    most asians are hard working ... probably harder than most of the world .. that's why they succeed wherever they migrate to ..

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @hmoob1suab542
    @hmoob1suab5423 жыл бұрын

    Good jobs ..hard works..it shows.. congratulations!...Hmong in the French Guiana.

  • @av3r3st24
    @av3r3st243 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Desi365

    @Desi365

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, i noticed there was a gap between French and translation in English. At the beginning, the woman says "my appearance is Hmong" and this is translated as "my inner self is Hmong. Which is the exact opposite... You have to wonder if it's incompetence or some forced editorial script....

  • @VictorFursov
    @VictorFursov2 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and positive movie. Thank you.

  • @jonathanmoua8543
    @jonathanmoua85432 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @worldentertainmentvang7307

    @worldentertainmentvang7307

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hmong Hilltribes*

  • @rcsasak6454
    @rcsasak64543 жыл бұрын

    Almost new year wish them good luck and good health respect ✊

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @aeliusromanus9338
    @aeliusromanus93383 жыл бұрын

    The guys from sw asia came and in 50 years make a jungle into the breadbasket of guiana. On the other hand, all the guys from African backgrounds came in 1800 as slaves, were freed in 1850 and up till now are poor. I see a pattern here.

  • @Aspartame69

    @Aspartame69

    3 жыл бұрын

    We are expected to understand how evolution works while at the same time ignore the fact that different populations in different places with hugely different selective pressures and cultures all evolved to be exactly the same other than skin colour. It might not be politically correct to say so, but the evidence does seem to suggest that certain populations have not had the most fortuitous evolutionary path with regards to their suitability in the modern world.

  • @PraveenKumar-rx2ck

    @PraveenKumar-rx2ck

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @appleslover

    @appleslover

    3 жыл бұрын

    They literally built European and American cities by their slave Labour or by them being enslaved and thus making such place having a booming sector, Manchester,England for example was a small town before the Atlantic slave trade .. But of course what would someone expect from a racist xenophobe who uses another minority to degrade other minorities to feed his made-up hierarchy and superiority complex. And this is not even the worst part, people trying to justify and somehow validate such horseshit with "ScIeNcE" instead of criticising it is the scariest part, just like the fool above me.

  • @Aspartame69

    @Aspartame69

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@appleslover If slavery built europe and the US, why is africa so backwards? They have been enslaving each other for millennia and embraced the atlantic slave trade as a way to get hold of advanced technology from europe. Some african countries were the harshest opponents to abolition, while it was the UK that made it happen. If slavery actually built anything, you would expect africa to be the most well built continent on earth. Its almost as though there are other factors involved.

  • @aeliusromanus9338

    @aeliusromanus9338

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@appleslover it seems you're saying they need someone, how can I say, incentivizing them to work and build? Otherwise they remain poor. That's really racist.

  • @TheMadisonHang
    @TheMadisonHang3 жыл бұрын

    hmong people have the most unique and dynamic history of any Nation in the world

  • @toujours405
    @toujours4055 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @1132boyz
    @1132boyz3 жыл бұрын

    Proud to be Hmong

  • @jimcourt9164
    @jimcourt91643 жыл бұрын

    2021. The year the BBC ends.

  • @flopshow2133

    @flopshow2133

    3 жыл бұрын

    why

  • @johnnycaruthers7180

    @johnnycaruthers7180

    3 жыл бұрын

    One can only hope. There's only so much of their far-left globalist garbage I can take.

  • @chewher4171
    @chewher41712 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sornprapasaisanit6529
    @sornprapasaisanit65293 жыл бұрын

    Better be a refugee than a civilian under communism.

  • @california199_7
    @california199_72 жыл бұрын

    It’s sad that they Hmong are not be accepted for France citizens and are denied.

  • @Desi365

    @Desi365

    Жыл бұрын

    Denied what ? And why "not accepted" ? They have started from scratch and seized the opportunity, they are prosperous, now. I really don't get your criticism

  • @maximeschmitt2094

    @maximeschmitt2094

    9 ай бұрын

    How does it feel to post such a LIE! Those Hmongs are French citizens! You Unitedstatians are p'ath'eti'c

  • @TheNeeyang
    @TheNeeyang3 жыл бұрын

    Hmong people will always survive. That’s all we know!

  • @tsuvtom7668
    @tsuvtom7668Ай бұрын

    Hmong people can landscape mountains and forests with their bare hands. I can almost guarantee that we Hmong were the first to cultivate and domesticate rice.

  • @thelucky86
    @thelucky863 жыл бұрын

    Quote of the DAY Waking up early is one of the most effective lifestyle change you could ever make

  • @iamproudtobeamuslim7329

    @iamproudtobeamuslim7329

    3 жыл бұрын

    ❤🤍🖤💚💙💜🌻🌹🥀🌺🥭🌴🍁💐PLEASE READ MY COMMENT ⬇️ YEH DEY KHEN ALLAH KON HAI THE FINAL TESTAMENT HOLY QURAN SURAT NUMBER .112 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ Meaning ➡️In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Ayat( 1) قُلۡ ہُوَ اللّٰہُ اَحَدٌ ۚ﴿۱﴾ Meaning ➡️Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One, AYAT (2)اَللّٰہُ الصَّمَدُ ۚ﴿۲﴾ Meaning ➡️Allah , the Eternal Refuge. Ayat (3)لَمۡ یَلِدۡ ۬ ۙ وَ لَمۡ یُوۡلَدۡ ۙ﴿۳ ﴾ Meaning ➡️ He neither begets nor is born, Ayat (4)وَ لَمۡ یَکُنۡ لَّہٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ ٪﴿۴﴾ Meaning ➡️Nor is there to Him any equivalent." ALLAH . YAHOVA. GOD .MALIK BAGWAN SAME HAIN ONLY ONE SAB KA MALIK EK HAI 😍😘🤗🌻☪️☪️💐❤🙏🏻ty

  • @PraveenKumar-rx2ck

    @PraveenKumar-rx2ck

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @cashcash5995
    @cashcash59952 жыл бұрын

    The biggest mistake that we have made : we fought for the colonizer instead of fighting for the mother land and independence .

  • @niamtxiv

    @niamtxiv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not a mistake. The chaos allowed our people to scatter around the world and to participate in the world stage.

  • @niamtxiv

    @niamtxiv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also, the Hmong did fight for the mother land. It was the last Laotian King that supported the Hmong. Duh

  • @blanklane415
    @blanklane4153 жыл бұрын

    Colonized again. You don’t understand, family is life for the Hmong. Living here without the entire family, entire clan, without other Hmong is a prison. The Hmong will succeed and survive because they have to.

  • @maximeschmitt2094

    @maximeschmitt2094

    9 ай бұрын

    What the F are you saying? The refugees that were brought to French Guiana were families composed of the 3 generations!! The French government did much more for them than the US government! Also, your comment about colonialism is HILARIOUS since you wrote in English, the language of both the most colonialist 🇬🇧 and imperialistic 🇺🇸 countries in the world 😅

  • @u123123123123123
    @u1231231231231233 жыл бұрын

    African former french colony countries envy French Guiana

  • @pablobilbao9258

    @pablobilbao9258

    4 ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @vangthao4624
    @vangthao46249 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @tiennguyensi4776
    @tiennguyensi47763 жыл бұрын

    I love them! They must going too long distance. I has understand. Need freedom!

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @hmongsiabzoo
    @hmongsiabzoo3 жыл бұрын

    I would love to visit them someday.

  • @ferocityapricity5521
    @ferocityapricity55213 жыл бұрын

    Hmong love from US to my Hmong family out there 💛

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet3 жыл бұрын

    Everyone gets a plate before anyone gets seconds but globally and also for housing

  • @Einjelin
    @Einjelin3 жыл бұрын

    cool story :-)

  • @flopshow2133

    @flopshow2133

    3 жыл бұрын

    yup

  • @toulee2413
    @toulee24133 жыл бұрын

    Hmong is an ethnic group that can adapt and survive in any country.

  • @sagewoot
    @sagewoot3 жыл бұрын

    Great watch but the translation is terrible.

  • @erick5974
    @erick59743 жыл бұрын

    I’m truly blessed to be Hmong

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello253811 ай бұрын

    Love seeing this

  • @mizanmahmud446
    @mizanmahmud4463 жыл бұрын

    Interested

  • @DY-ke1di
    @DY-ke1di3 жыл бұрын

    my people, when I succeed, will promise to serve you all one day

  • @thaolee9171
    @thaolee91713 жыл бұрын

    Translation is off

  • @geoffreycharles6330
    @geoffreycharles63303 жыл бұрын

    How is it ok that they cut down the forest?

  • @flopshow2133

    @flopshow2133

    3 жыл бұрын

    😢😢

  • @MrChintaro

    @MrChintaro

    3 жыл бұрын

    'Ello 'ello 'ello. What's all this then? Seems like you've had too much to think.

  • @niamtxiv

    @niamtxiv

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your house is made of trees? You going to live outside?

  • @jameshowlett6078

    @jameshowlett6078

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you throw away all your clothes, give up all transportation and walk everywhere, and sleep outside then yes you have a point.

  • @monkeyemily6948
    @monkeyemily69483 жыл бұрын

    how Hard they struggle !

  • @HaibTshajHaib
    @HaibTshajHaib3 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @cyyg7487
    @cyyg7487 Жыл бұрын

    Great video BBC but the translation needs much improvement.

  • @448cv
    @448cv2 жыл бұрын

    The translation is so off!

  • @mz12341
    @mz123413 жыл бұрын

    *বাংলাদেশের সাধারন জনগনের জান এবং মালের নিরপত্তার জন্য লক্ষ লক্ষ টাকা দামি গনপরিবহন গুলোতে সামান্য খরচের কিছু সিসি টিভি ক্যামেরা চাই । দয়া করে সবাই নিজ দায়ীত্ব থেকে আওয়াজ তোলেন যেন মাননীয় প্রধান মন্ত্রীর কাছে দাবিটা দ্রুত পৈছায়।* ❤️🇧🇩❤️ দয়া করে দেশ ও দেশের মানুষের জন্য এই বিষয়টা নিয়ে ভিডিও করবেন।আমরা ও দেশ আপনার কাছে কৃতজ্ঞ থাকবো

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @DUDEfreestyle
    @DUDEfreestyle3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing this video with the world. I am proud to see that the Hmoob culture is being documented and put on for the world to learn about.

  • @nobueno5454
    @nobueno54542 жыл бұрын

    Hmong people in the comments: I'm Hmong Too !!!

  • @lewis123417
    @lewis1234173 жыл бұрын

    Can see where the Christmas programming budget went. Sending journalists on jollys

  • @boonmeevang8610
    @boonmeevang86103 жыл бұрын

    Too sad to see this

  • @ItsaMeGo
    @ItsaMeGo Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @mryaj0095
    @mryaj00953 жыл бұрын

    I have family there

  • @chokkan7
    @chokkan73 жыл бұрын

    Kudos to the Hmong refugees who persevered in this rugged environment, and much appreciation for their outlook (i.e., we can integrate without miscegenation; it's our choice, and we can maintain our cultural pride along with our pride of citizenship). I wonder how the BBC would characterize any white person who expressed similar views?

  • @user-zy2mp6em1x
    @user-zy2mp6em1x3 жыл бұрын

    Love ur video from Kaavan lonelinest elephant in the world🥰🥰🐘🐘🇰🇭🙏

  • @biserivanov5706

    @biserivanov5706

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @AMCApes
    @AMCApes3 жыл бұрын

    Frozen in time 1975, world changes but you live in the past.

  • @enticingmay435
    @enticingmay4353 жыл бұрын

    Honestly who can blame them for not wanting to mix with those ghetto looking people living in the city. They live in their own community in safety and unity powered by hard work, why would they want to interact with the rest of the population that were and probably still are hostile towards them. The Hmongs and those other groups share and work in the same land, under the same French system with the same type of opportunities yet the Hmongs are successful and those groups are not so it really is true that some cultures are better than others. They blame everything on France without taking a look back at themselves at their own culture, society and work ethics.

  • @SirStylez99

    @SirStylez99

    3 жыл бұрын

    generations of slavery would fvck up you culture, society and family structure too.

  • @cxiongl
    @cxiongl3 жыл бұрын

    Watching from USA. Nyob zoo rau Hmoob sawv daws nyob thoob ntiaj teb!

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