Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Iu Mien Amurkawa sun fito ne daga baƙi waɗanda suka isa Laos daga Kudancin China a ƙarshen 1600s zuwa 1800s. Dalilin wannan ƙaura ya kasance mai rikitarwa, ya bambanta daga siyasa zuwa ayyukan zamantakewar tattalin arziki. Da yawa daga cikin dattawan 'yan kabilar Iu Mien na Amurka sun yi aiki tare da hukumar leken asirin Amurka ta CIA a lokacin "Yakin Asirin".
"a Laos a kokarin toshe safarar makamai ta hanyar sassan hanyar Ho Chi Minh daga Arewacin Vietnam zuwa Kudancin Vietnam. Sa'ad da sojojin Amirka suka janye a shekara ta 1975, an tilasta wa ɗarurruwan iyalai su nemi mafaka a ƙasar Thailand. Daruruwan mutane sun mutu a wannan tafiyar da suka yi da ƙafa cikin kurmi mai zurfi na kudu maso gabashin Asiya. A cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa, dubbai suka zauna a sansanonin 'yan gudun hijirar Thailand. Ta wurin shirye-shirye daga Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, an ba da gudummawar kusan 60,000 ga ƙasashen yamma kamar su Amirka, Faransa, da kuma Kanada.