Description
Book SynopsisWave after wave of political and economic refugees poured out of Vietnam beginning in the late 1970s, overwhelming the resources available to receive them. This work tells the story of the most vulnerable of these refugees: children alone, either orphaned or separated from their families.
Trade Review"Unaccompanied minors are an important subpopulation among refugees. About 55,000 Vietnamese children ended up alone in refugee camps in Southeast Asian and Hong Kong during the 1970s and 1980s. [Freeman and Nguyen] present 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 politics that determined resettlement or repatriation."
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Table of ContentsPreface
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
