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This book traces the reception and resettlement of Vietnamese,
Cambodians and Laotians in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands and Israel during the 'boat people' crisis of 1975-79.
These years saw hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the
emergence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and political
instability across south-east Asia. Using a comparative historical
approach, the authors demonstrate the multiple ways in which
refugees were contested, accepted, received and resettled across
different national contexts. This episode is held up today as an
example of European generosity. Yet this book illustrates how the
reception of boat people in Western Europe and Israel was shaped by
the Cold War, and by specific national preoccupations over
international prestige, immigration, labour supply and the place of
foreign-born strangers in their increasingly diverse societies.
While the post-2015 refugee crisis in Europe has often been
construed as a new challenge requiring an unprecedented coordinated
international response, this book shows the longer history of such
dilemmas. Chapter 4 is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
This book traces the reception and resettlement of Vietnamese,
Cambodians and Laotians in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands and Israel during the 'boat people' crisis of 1975-79.
These years saw hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the
emergence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and political
instability across south-east Asia. Using a comparative historical
approach, the authors demonstrate the multiple ways in which
refugees were contested, accepted, received and resettled across
different national contexts. This episode is held up today as an
example of European generosity. Yet this book illustrates how the
reception of boat people in Western Europe and Israel was shaped by
the Cold War, and by specific national preoccupations over
international prestige, immigration, labour supply and the place of
foreign-born strangers in their increasingly diverse societies.
While the post-2015 refugee crisis in Europe has often been
construed as a new challenge requiring an unprecedented coordinated
international response, this book shows the longer history of such
dilemmas. Chapter 4 is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
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