The Resource Voices from the camps : Vietnamese children seeking asylum, James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu
Voices from the camps : Vietnamese children seeking asylum, James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu
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- Summary
- Wave 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. James M. Freeman is professor emeritus of anthropology at San Jose State University. He collaborated with Nguyen Dinh Huu on Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese American Lives. Nguyen Dinh Huu is a social worker in San Jose and a former South Vietnamese lieutenant colonel
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 235 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780295983134
- Label
- Voices from the camps : Vietnamese children seeking asylum
- Title
- Voices from the camps
- Title remainder
- Vietnamese children seeking asylum
- Statement of responsibility
- James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Wave 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. James M. Freeman is professor emeritus of anthropology at San Jose State University. He collaborated with Nguyen Dinh Huu on Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese American Lives. Nguyen Dinh Huu is a social worker in San Jose and a former South Vietnamese lieutenant colonel
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Freeman, James M.
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Nguyen, Dinh Huu
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Refugee children
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Refugee children
- Vietnam
- Flüchtlingskind
- Geschichte
- Vietnam
- Refugees
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
- Label
- Voices from the camps : Vietnamese children seeking asylum, James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn778889905
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 235 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780295983134
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvct51nt
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)778889905
- Label
- Voices from the camps : Vietnamese children seeking asylum, James M. Freeman and Nguyen Dinh Huu
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn778889905
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 235 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780295983134
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvct51nt
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)778889905
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