Description
Book Synopsis In 2016, a newspaper published an article about four childrendue to be sent to an orphanage after their parents were punished for attempting to flee Vietnam. Among 46 asylum seekers trying to reach Australia by boat, they were intercepted by the Australian navy and returned to Vietnam, where intense retribution awaited. This newspaper article sparked a unifying response in people across the globe.
This work tells the story of volunteer advocates who banded together to help a group of Vietnamese refugees on their journey to freedom. Highlighting the courage of ordinary people--and with tales of human rights, communal living, reuniting families and their eventual resettlement in Canada--this book paints a vivid picture of Vietnamese families'' struggle for liberty in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1.Don't Let Them Go to an Orphanage
- 2.Help Care for the Children
- 3.Escape for the Second Time
- 4.Life in Detention
- 5.Communal Living: Fathers Reunited
- 6.Standing on Their Own Two Feet
- 7.Towards Resettlement in Canada
- Postscript
- Appendix 1. Doan Trung, "Statement About Two Groups of 46 Vietnamese Asylum Seekers--The 'Plane Group' and the 'Choules Group,' Unpublished, January 7, 2016
- Appendix 2. Statement by Doan Trung, Based on Transcript of Telephone Conversation with Tran Thi Lua, Unpublished, September 28, 2016
- Appendix 3. Letter from Amnesty International and SUAKA to Chief of UNHCR Representation for Indonesia, February 16, 2017
- Chapter Notes
- Further Reading by Chapter
- Bibliography
- Index
