Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Indochinese Refugees
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Indochinese Refugees
Author: Evacuation and Temporary Care Afforded Indochinese Refugees--operation New Life
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Indochinese
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Indochinese Refugees
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Political refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Indochinese Refugees
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
States And International Migrants
Author: Jeremy HeinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100031314X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This book focuses on the relationship between international migrants and host societies and discusses the historical uniqueness of the Indochinese refugee migration for the U.S. and France. It is more than the study of one refugee population and examines the relative importance of history.
Alien Winds
Author: James W. TollefsonPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Alien Winds presents the first critical analysis of U.S. refugee processing centers in Southeast Asia. Based on twenty months of work in refugee camps from 1983-1986 and an analysis of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, this book challenges the widely held view that the refugee education program results in successful resettlement. The author contends that in its zeal to Americanize Southeast Asians, this program seeks to replace ties to their traditional community with a commitment to the myths of American success ideology and the moral principle of self-sufficiency. He concludes that the program actually disempowers the refugees by robbing them of their sense of community, and often their dignity. Without regard to skills or education, it prepares refugees for long term employment in dead end minimum wage jobs. Of particular interest to teachers of English as a second language and scholars in the fields of education, sociology, anthropology, and Southeast Asian studies, Alien Winds concludes with recommendations for overseas centers and domestic resettlement programs. From its inception the U.S. refugee resettlement program faced difficult questions: What are the main difficulties facing Southeast Asians in the United States? What do refugees need to know in order to resettle successfully? How should successful resettlement be defined? Should there be different notions of success for different groups of people? What values do Americans share? Must newcomers adopt these values? Alien Winds examines the American answers to these questions as they are formulated and conveyed to the refugees. It also explores the sources of these answers. To this end it examines important assumptions about immigrants that originated in educational programs during the early part of this century. It further explores the aims and structures of the organizations which created and operate the processing centers. Finally, Alien Winds analyzes the role of the refugee program in America's shared memory of Vietnam.
Terms of Refuge
Author: Court RobinsonPublisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781856496100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
For half a century (ever since the Japanese invasion of 1942), much of Southeast Asia has been racked by war. In the last 20 years alone, some three million people fled their homes in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This book is their story. It is also the story of the international community's response. Spearheading this was the United Nations agency responsible, UNHCR. It pioneered innovations like the Orderly Departure Programme, anti-piracy and rescue-at-sea efforts, and later on, ambitious reintegration projects for returnees. Today the camps in Southeast Asia are closed. Half a million people have returned home. Over two million have started new lives in the United States, Canada, Australia and France. This compelling book is the history of this modern exodus. It also takes stock and poses important questions. How did the flight of refugees and international response evolve? How do we measure the achievements and the failures of that international effort? What has been the legacy in Asia itself? And what lessons can be drawn for use in other refugee situations around the world?
Indochinese Refugees in America
Author: Paul J. StrandPublisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Finding your way
Author: United States. Interagency Task Force for Indochina RefugeesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description