Initially, Western governments shirked responsibility for resettling any refugees. It was dissolved in 1952 after resettling about one million refugees. In 1975, the State Department asked HIAS to aid in resettling 3,600 Vietnam refugees. On 27 February 2016 Canada met its goal of resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees. There was a simultaneous unorganized resettling of displaced and homeless Poles. Crimean Tatars began returning from exile and resettling in Crimea. Thailand has taken steps to eradicate opium cultivation by resettling the Akha into permanent villages. Allied military and civilian authorities faced considerable challenges resettling them. Syrian policies in the 1970s led to Arabs resettling in majority Kurdish areas. The British prohibited them from resettling their lands and villages in what became Nova Scotia. This led to a wave of Syrian Kurds resettling into Lebanon. Massive farmland conversion requires a tremendous amount of funding for resettling the farmers. She devoted her efforts to resettling former slaves and allowing women to bear children. The bill authorized payment for resettling and rehabilitation of the Seneca Indians. Thamugadi, or modernTimgad, was a town founded for the sole purpose of resettling veterans.