Ka cika wannan jumla: Dubban 'yan gudun hijira na tattalin arziki da na siyasa sun sake zama a ƙasashen yamma a cikin raƙuman ruwa biyu dabam dabam. Na farko ya sake komawa a ƙarshen 1970s, galibi a Amurka, bayan da Arewacin Vietnam da Pathet Lao suka karɓi gwamnatocin Amurka a Kudancin Vietnam da
Laos daidai da haka. Tsoffin Sojojin Amurka na Laos, da Cibiyar Tsoffin Sojojin Amurka na Laos, sun taimaka wajen taimakawa sake dawo da 'yan gudun hijirar Laotian da Hmong da masu neman mafaka a Amurka, musamman tsoffin tsoffin sojan Hmong da danginsu waɗanda suka yi aiki a cikin "Sojojin Asirin Amurka" a Laos a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam.