Download or read book Refugees from Laos written by U.S. Committee for Refugees and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper, based partly upon staff visits to sites of Laotian river crossings, examines the history of the refugee situation in Laos, the conditions of life in that country and the current situation of Laotian asylum seekers who have sought refuge in Thailand, and suggests policy objectives. Following the fall of Laos and the events that took place in Viet Nam and Kampuchea, thousands of Laotians fled their homes to seek refuge, primarily in Thailand. However, as political problems in Southeast Asia remained unresolved and the number of arrivals in Thailand increased, the welcome of the asylum seekers in their host country grew thin. The refugees found themselves either forced back across the Mekong or placed in humane deterrence camps. January 1985 saw a policy of widespread pushbacks of Laotians by the Thai authorities. Thai officials also began screening new arrivals from Laos to determine if they were indeed refugees. By 1986, Laotians in Thailand numbered among the largest group of asylum seekers in that country. The Thai authorities decided in this same year to open its humane deterrence camps and permit third countries to process refugees in time for resettlement.
Download or read book Even the Birds Don t Sound the Same Here written by Robert Proudfoot and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work is a one-of-a-kind coverage of the initial encounters of Laotian refugees with North American culture during the period of 1979-1984. Through the stories of Refugees in the Pacific Northwest the author documents the perceptual and cultural adjustments and problems for the Laotian and American populations alike. Laotians encounter overcoming and coping with loss of culture, status and support groups; adjusting to a new culture, language and values system; recovery from war and refugee camp experiences including social, psychological and physical deprivation; surviving during a period of difficult and changing post-Southeast Asian war economic conditions in the United States; as well as adjusting to a new culture with realities of living in it as a refugee.
Download or read book Refugees and Asylum seekers from Laos written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hmong Means Free written by Sucheng Chan and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three generations of Hmong refugees expose the trauma and the joy of their lives.
Download or read book Laos Caught In The Web written by Judy Rantala and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2014-12-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small nation of Laos, wedged between Thailand and Vietnam, is little known to most Westerners. When the author and her husband, a USAID worker, moved to Laos in 1971, it was a quiet country falling increasingly under the effects of a heavy but unacknowledged U.S. military presence as part of a failing effort in Vietnam. Befriended by two young Laotians, the author became a part of village life, joining holiday celebrations, weddings, funerals and feasts. Over a four year period, she developed a deep admiration and affection for the Lao people. The humor and pathos of these chaotic years before the Communist take-over of the government in 1975 are chronicled by following one Lao family from Communist controlled re-education camps to their eventual resettlement in the United States. “Being born in Laos but raised in America from the tender age of 4, I have not had an opportunity to truly appreciate my own country. Judy’s book opened my eyes, heart and mind to the beautiful people and culture of that life and world. Thanks Judy.” Lala Rivera, former refugee “Fascinating for its portrayal of an unfamiliar, increasingly dangerous world (Laos, 1971-75), this memoir floods readers with admiration and sympathy for Lao culture.” Suzanne Kosanke, University of Hawaii at Manoa “As interest revives in the era of what Americans call the Vietnam War, there is still little accessible information about that part of the world, including Vietnam’s neighboring country, Laos. This book is a warm, human account of one person’s experiences in Laos.” Mary Ann Mattoon, PhD. Minneapolis.
Download or read book From Vietnam Laos and Cambodia written by Jeremy Hein and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series presents concise histories of individual ethnic groups and their impact on American life and culture. With comprehensive examinations of the immigrant experience, it serves as a resource for both young students and experienced researchers. Each book in the series is written by a qualified scholar and includes notes, references, a selected bibliography and a complete index.
Download or read book Refugee and Civilian War Casualty Problems in Laos and Cambodia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Long Journey written by Touayim Thoj and published by Mill City Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Long Journey unfolds three decades of the difficult life of a father and son in Laos and Thailand. The first wave (1950s-1960s) was village life in Laos still under the French shadow, where the father worked as a coolie on colonial French roads, heavy work beyond what human energy could sustain. The second wave was the conflict with the nearby Communist Pathet Lao (1960s-1970s). Living under their rules meant critical decisions had to be made to avoid punishment under their unpredictable political system. Touayim, the little boy without shoes, seeking safe places, not only walked to escape from the Pathet Lao, but also the US airplanes bombing the dangerous war zones. Their final wave was life under the new regime and escape to refugee camps in Thailand (1975-1980s). After Laos fell, the Communist Pathet Lao government was installed, and targeted the Hmong for imprisonment and persecution because of their affiliation with the Americans during the war. Those Hmong who could not melt into the new system feared persecution, became rebels and were hunted down in their mountain hideouts. Touayim witnessed the Pathet Lao army genocide that took place. He has accurately detailed 20 years of resistance that caused thousands of Hmong in northeastern Laos to die from starvation, diseases, and gun battles. The refugee exodus into crowded camps in Thailand created unimaginable living conditions. Sanitation and the dusty air people breathed from the winds and vehicles on the dusty roads caused serious health problems and the death of children. Human waste odors from the toilets near the crowded buildings was unbelievably strong, day and night, when walking, sleeping, or eating meals. A refugee who has experienced such a camp can tell this story better than anyone who has only heard about it.
Download or read book Refugee Problems in South Vietnam and Laos written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoir written by Wang Yee Vang and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote this memoir because many of my colleagues suggested, while I was working for Lao and Hmong communities inside and outside Laos for decades, that I should tell the young generations what happened and why some five hundred thousand Lao citizens became refugees and immigrated to Western countries. I noted what I remembered and what I faced while I was working for the Royal Lao Government because I was one of the regular officers. My civil grade and military rank were given by the king of Laos, which we called royal ordinance. I hope that this work would help our young generations in doing some research. May it help them accomplish their goals and the works that they need to accomplish. Thank you for reading this memoir.
Download or read book The Lao Returnees in the Voluntary Repatriation Programme from Thailand written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Refugees from Laos written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Laos Beyond the Revolution written by Joseph J. Zasloff and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-06-18 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains papers presented at a conference called "Current Developments in Laos" in Washington DC in 1988. The topics covered range from Lao nationalism and American policy, 1954-1959, to Laotian refugees in Thailand.
Download or read book Hmong Means Free written by Sucheng Chan and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of evocative personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees is the first to describe their lives in Laos as slash-and-burn farmers, as refugees after a Communist government came to power in 1975, and as immigrants in the United States. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity. From Jou Yee Xiong's Life Story: "I stopped teaching my sons many of the Hmong ways because I felt my ancestors and I had suffered enough already. I thought that teaching my children the old ways would only place a burden on them." From Ka Pao Xiong's (Jou Yee Xiong's son) Life Story: "It has been very difficult for us to adapt because we had no professions or trades and we suffered from culture shock. Here in America, both the husband and wife must work simultaneously to earn enough money to live on. Many of our children are ignorant of the Hmong way of life.... Even the old people are forgetting about their life in Laos, as they enjoy the prosperity and good life in America." From Xang Mao Xiong's Life Story: "When the Communists took over Laos and General Vang Pao fled with his family, we, too, decided to leave. Not only my family, but thousands of Hmong tried to flee. I rented a car for thirty thousand Laotian dollars, and it took us to Nasu.... We felt compelled to leave because many of us had been connected to the CIA.... Thousands of Hmong were traveling on foot. Along the way, many of them were shot and killed by Communist soldiers. We witnessed a bloody massacre of civilians." From Vue Vang's Life Story: "Life was so hard in the [Thai refugee] camp that when we found out we could go to the United States, we did not hesitate to grasp the chance. We knew that were we to remain in the camp, there would be no hope for a better future. We would not be able to offer our children anything better than a life of perpetual poverty and anguish."
Download or read book Ban Vinai the Refugee Camp written by Lynellyn Long and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in northern Thailand. Based on the author's ethnographic research, the book offers rich narrative description of the lives of the Hmong and lowland Lao refugees and explores the effects of long-term residence in the camp.
Download or read book Refugee and Civilian War Casualty Problems in Laos and Cambodia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indochina s Refugees written by Joanna C. Scott and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their lives were like before 1975, what happened after the Communist takeover that made them decide to flee their native countries, and how they escaped. The storytellers (housewife, Amerasian child, schoolteacher, government clerk, military officer, security agent, Buddhist monk, artist) create a broad and moving picture of the new realities of contemporary Indochina.
