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'''Operación Babylift''' fue el nombre dado a laal evacuaciónsecuestro masivamasivo de [[Niño|niños]] de [[Vietnam del Sur]] a los [[Estados Unidos]] y otros países (incluyendo [[Australia]], [[Francia]], Alemania Occidental y [[Canadá]]) al final de la [[Guerra de Vietnam]] (véase también la [[Caída de Saigón]]), entre el 3 y el 26 de abril de 1975. Con el último vuelo estadounidense en salir de [[Vietnam del Sur]], más de 3.300 bebés y niños habían sido evacuadossecuestrados, aunque el número real ha sido variable.<ref>Martin, Allison, [http://www.adoptvietnam.org/adoption/babylift.htm ''The Legacy of Operation Babylift''], Adoption Today journal, Volume 2, Number 4 March 2000. "On April 3rd, a combination of private and military transport planes began to fly more children out of Vietnam as part of the operation. Numbers vary, but it appears that at least 2,000 children were flown to the United States and approximately 1,300 children were flown to Canada, Europe and Australia."</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/daughter/peopleevents/e_babylift.html "People & Events: Operation Babylift (1975)"], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service PBS], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Experience American Experience]. "During the final days of the Vietnam War, the U.S. government began boarding Vietnamese children onto military transport planes bound for adoption by American, Canadian, European and Australian families. Over the next several weeks, Operation Babylift brought more than 3300 children out of Vietnam."</ref><ref name="PBS">[https://www.pbs.org/itvs/preciouscargo/babylift.html ''Operation Babylift''], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service PBS], ''Precious Cargo'' documentary. "At least 2,700 children were flown to the United States and approximately 1,300 children were flown to Canada, Europe and Australia. Service organizations such as Holt International Children's Services, Friends of Children of Viet Nam and Catholic Relief Service coordinated the flights."</ref><ref>[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development United States Agency for International Development], [http://www.uoregon.edu/~adoption/archive/AIDOBR.htm ''Operation Babylift Report (Emergency Movement of Vietnamese and Cambodian Orphans for Intercountry Adoption, April - June 1975)''] {{Wayback|url=http://www.uoregon.edu/~adoption/archive/AIDOBR.htm |date=20081206143958 }}, Washington, DC, pp. 1-2, 5, 6, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14. "Orphans Processed: Information obtained from the adoption agencies or processing centers indicates that a total of 2,547 orphans were processed under Operation Babylift. Of this total, 602 went on to other countries, leaving a total of 1,945 in the United States."</ref> Junto con la Operación Nueva Vida, más de 110.000 refugiados fueron evacuados de Vietnam del Sur y miles de niños fueron adoptados al final de la Guerra de Vietnam por familias alrededor del mundo.
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