1999 East Timor Evacuees

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Following attacks by anti-independence militants and general community violence in East Timor in 1999 after the majority vote for independence a United Nations force (InterFET) was deployed to East Timor to maintain peace. In the aftermath a group of East Timorese were evacuated to Darwin and housed in a tented compound until they could be safely returned to East Timor. East Timor Crisis - Wikipedia