For half a century (ever since the Japanese invasion of 1942), much of Southeast Asia has been racked by war. In the last 20 years alone, some three million people fled their homes in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This book is their story. It is also the story of the international community's response. Spearheading this was the United Nations agency responsible, UNHCR. It pioneered innovations like the Orderly Departure Programme, anti-piracy and rescue-at-sea efforts, and later on, ambitious reintegration projects for ...
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For half a century (ever since the Japanese invasion of 1942), much of Southeast Asia has been racked by war. In the last 20 years alone, some three million people fled their homes in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This book is their story. It is also the story of the international community's response. Spearheading this was the United Nations agency responsible, UNHCR. It pioneered innovations like the Orderly Departure Programme, anti-piracy and rescue-at-sea efforts, and later on, ambitious reintegration projects for returnees. Today the camps in Southeast Asia are closed. Half a million people have returned home. Over two million have started new lives in the United States, Canada, Australia and France. This compelling book is the history of this modern exodus. It also takes stock and poses important questions. How did the flight of refugees and international response evolve? How do we measure the achievements and the failures of that international effort? What has been the legacy in Asia itself? And what lessons can be drawn for use in other refugee situations around the world?
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Politics in Contemporary Asia (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. LCCN 98027305 Type of material Book Personal name Robinson, Court. Main title Terms of refuge: the Indochinese exodus & the international response / W. Courtland Robinson. Published/Created London; New York: Zed Books; New York: Distributed in the USA exclusively by St. Martin's Press, 1998. Description xi, 322 p. : maps; 23 cm. ISBN 1856496090 (hc) 1856496104 (pbk. ) LC classification HV640.5. I5 R63 1998 Portion of title Refuge Subjects Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Refugees--Indochina. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-313) and index. Series Politics in contemporary Asia Dewey class no. 325/.21/09597
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Textual maps. Minor rubbing. VG. 22x14cm, xiii, 322 pp. Contents: First Flight; The Year of Leaving Dangerously; Cambodians on the Border; Laotian Refugees in Thailand; Resettlement in the West; Things Fall Apart; The Comprehensive Plan of Action; Roads Back Home; Aftermath; Appendices.
