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Voices from the Camps : Vietnamese Children Seeking Asylum by Nguyen Dinh Huu and James M. Freeman (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
ISBN-100295983590
ISBN-139780295983592
eBay Product ID (ePID)44780104
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameVoices from the Camps : Vietnamese Children Seeking Asylum
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectEthnic Studies / Asian American Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorNguyen Dinh Huu, James M. Freeman
Subject AreaSocial Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"A heartbreaking account of the hardships and trauma endured by these children while they waited to be resettled abroad, or forced to repatriate to Vietnam. The authors provide excellent analysis of the refugee crises in Southeast Asia, camp life, and the policies that determined resettlement or repatriation."--Choice"A 'must read' for students, migration specialists, policy wonks and an interested public who are nearly always exposed to the experience of refugee resettlement from the point of view of policy makers and helping agencies. Its alternative view is a powerful corrective to the status quo."--Steven J. Gold, author of Refugee Communities: A Comparative Field Study
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal325/.2597/082
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments 1. Victims of Politics 2. A Guided Tour of Misery 3. Vicissitudes of Fate 4. The Unbearable Life 5. Screening and its Critics 6. Repatriation 7. Resettlement 8. Interventions 9. Continuing Concerns Abbreviations Used in This Book Notes References Index
SynopsisWave after wave of political and economic refugees poured out of Vietnam beginning in the late 1970s, overwhelming the resources available to receive them. Squalid conditions prevailed in detention centers and camps in Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia, where many refugees spent years languishing in poverty, neglect, and abuse while supposedly being protected by an international consortium of caregivers. Voices from the Camps tells the story of the most vulnerable of these refugees: children alone, either orphaned or separated from their families. Combining anthropology and social work with advocacy for unaccompanied children everywhere, James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu present the voices and experiences of Vietnamese refugee children neglected and abused by the system intended to help them. Authorities in countries of first asylum, faced with thousands upon thousands of increasingly frightened, despairing, and angry people, needed to determine on a case-by-case basis whether they should be sent back to Vietnam or be certified as legitimate refugees and allowed to proceed to countries of resettlement. The international community, led by UNHCR, devised a well-intentioned screening system. Unfortunately, as Freeman and Nguyen demonstrate, it failed unaccompanied children. The hardships these children endured are disturbing, but more disturbing is the story of how the governments and agencies that set out to care for them eventually became the children's tormenters. When Vietnam, after years of refusing to readmit illegal emigrants, reversed its policy, the international community began doing everything it could to force them back to Vietnam. Cutting rations, closing schools, separating children from older relations and other caregivers, relocating them in order to destroy any sense of stability--the authorities employed coercion and effective abuse with distressing ease, all in the name of the "best interests" of the children. While some children eventually managed to construct a decent life in Vietnam or elsewhere, including the United States, all have been scarred by their refugee experience and most are still struggling with the legacy. Freeman and Nguyen's presentation and analysis of this sobering chapter in recent history is a cautionary tale and a call to action., A compelling book about the diverse experiences of unaccompanied refugee children as they escape from Southeast Asia
LC Classification NumberDRE
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