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A compelling book about the diverse experiences of unaccompanied refugee children as they escape from Southeast Asia

Table of Contents

Preface

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

About the Author

James M. Freeman is professor emeritus of anthropology at San Jose State University. Nguyen Dinh Huu (MSW, University of Alabama) is a retired social worker in family and children's services, Santa Clara County, California, and a former South Vietnamese lieutenant colonel. They previously collaborated on the award-winning Hearts of Sorrow: Vietnamese American Lives.

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