Sponsored-Out
The Indochinese Refugee Resettlement of 1975
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14836115 |
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| Authors | Eileen M Mulhare |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 14-15 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.9.4.g620352h432570kk |
| OpenAlex | W2319868231 |
| Language | EN |
In the spring of 1975, with the conclusion of the war in Southeast Asia, 130,000 Indochinese refugees were granted emergency entrance visas to the United States. Their incorporation into American society was handled through a precedent-setting national program, involving temporary detention in U.S. military camps followed by permanent resettlement through the voluntary sponsorship of private citizens. Release from detention was contingent on being "sponsored-out," that is, obtaining an American sponsor
Political science · Refugee · Law · Public Administration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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