Author: Barry Wain
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671422363
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Author: Larry Clinton Thompson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078645590X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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The fall of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos to communist armies in 1975 caused a massive outpouring of refugees from these nations. This work focuses on the refugee crisis and the American aid workers--a colorful crew of malcontents and mavericks drawn from the State Department, military, USAID, CIA, and the Peace Corps--who took on the task of helping those most impacted by the Vietnam War. Experts in Southeast Asia, its languages, cultures and people, they saved hundreds of thousands of lives. They were the very antithesis of the "Ugly American."

Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Indochinese
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Political refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Author: United States. Interagency Task Force for Indochina Refugees
Publisher:
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Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Author: Court Robinson
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781856496100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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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?

Author: Jeremy Hein
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100031314X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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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.