Voices from the Camps: Vietnamese Children Seeking Asylum

by Nguyen Dinh Huu and James M. Freeman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295983590
• ISBN13: 9780295983592
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"