SOS Viet Phi (Save Our Stateless Vietnamese in the Philippines) is established in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on January 26, 2005. Its objective is to advocate for the remaining group of Vietnamese Boat People, who have been stranded in the Philippines without a durable solution since 1989 to be admitted to Canada as refugees under the ‘Country of Asylum’ class, where many of them have relatives. We call upon the Canadian Government Department of Citizenship and Immigration (C.I.C.) to help close the book on a long and tragic saga of the Vietnamese Boat People. With the voice of SOS Viet Phi, together with the Vietnamese communities in Canada and the world and the support of all four political parties in the Canadian Government, we are working towards bringing closure to the sufferings of the last Vietnamese refugees from the Boat People exodus, and appeal to our Government to allow 500 individuals (or approximately 200 families) to come to Canada. SOS Viet Phi is not affiliated with any organizations and being non-partisan in our approach is our guiding principle in finding a humanitarian solution to helping our fellow human beings.

Founding members: Maxwell Vo, Tu-Anh Nguyen and Pham Kim

All members are volunteers using their own times and resources. Donations are appreciated to cover operating expenses related to our advocacy works. We are working towards having a not-for profit organization status, thus we cannot provided tax receipts at this time.