Refugees In South Vietnam

The conflict in Vietnam during the 1960’s was fueled by many different issues after the split between North and South. Although the religions in Vietnam coexisted peacefully since around the first century, religion did play a role in the Vietnam War. The three main religions of Vietnam are Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, with the exception of Catholicism, which was introduced by the South Vietnamese regime. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, “the Vietnamese people did have the freedom to study a selection of faiths during the Vietnam War era, however, they were not free to express their

Why were people born in Bhutan exiled? Some people born in Bhutan were not Bhutanese they held different beliefs like Chandra and Chandra's family. The king didn't want to have different influences from different cultures thus you had to be a Bhutanese born in Bhutan to be prevented from being exiled. Refugees still believed in the custom of Bhutanese and practice it religiously in the refugee camp. The minister of information of Bhutan steps in to say a few words of the refugee camps in Nepal. Minister of information of Bhutan takes this whole situation as if they are immigrants who came from different countries while many were born in Bhutan. The only exception made was that Bhutanese refugees were able to leave and settle in the United States of America. Some refugees will go and some will stay which is very hard leaving your family behind for better opportunities and freedoms that weren't offered in the refugee camp. This is very wrong just because someone has different religious beliefs they are being forced to leave. I can relate to this predicament, when I was in high school I had friends that were Asian(Hmong). In the middle of the school year they had told me that they didn't want to be my friend anymore. After they had kicked me out they created their own group and even termed themselves. I felt just like the Bhutanese refugees like I had been kicked out where I enjoyed being. I can

Ha and the refugee's life is turning inside out because they were forced to leave everything behind and were forced to leave the country.Here is some quotes and what they mean from the book Inside out and BackAgain and information text Refugee: Who, Where, and why. ¨More than 14 million men, women, and children have been forced to flee their homes towns, and countries because they are afraid to stay,¨(Refugee: Who,Where, and Why by Catherine Gevert, page 9). The refugees fled their homes to get out of

“It was the last time I would see them for 14 years.” Uong, who is a Vietnamese refugee, fled his home at the age of 10—being separated from his family for 14 years (Uong). Being a refugee is rough as it requires one to leave his home country and to start a new life in a completely different world. According to Yen Le Espiritu, a "refugee" is described as a person who harbors "a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion" (Espiritu 209). There are many variations of refugee groups as countless minority groups have left their homeland due to reasons such as persecution. Cambodian Refugees and Vietnamese Refugees are both minority groups in the United States today whom have fled their homeland to escape communism and persecution. These groups have suffered many conflicts and overcome many obstacles in order to rid themselves of persecution and in order to gain the freedom that all humans should possess. Although Cambodian Refugees and Vietnamese Refugees are two different groups, they possess both similarities and differences. Cambodian Refugees and Vietnamese Refugees share differences when it pertains to the topic of war, when it pertains to the topic of hardships faced while fleeing one’s homeland and to the topic of adjusting to life in America—while also sharing similarities when it pertains to adjusting to life in America.

Refugees are people who are fleeing violence and/or persecution and are looking for safety. Refugees are driven from their homes and communities by

A little under fifty years ago, there was a sudden increase in Vietnamese refugees. In order to save their independence and lives, immigrating to another country was the only option for these people. Throughout their time in California, an area dominated by Asian refugees, they have found ways to practice their traditional culture thousand of miles away. However, the difficulty in assimilating to a new culture was a hurdle they needed to fight. With this in mind, the Vietnamese community constructed business such as: salons, markets, and restaurants. A band of refugees who were originally exiled, steadily adapted to their new home in which they flourished by innovating the Vietnamese culture with American life.

When refugees flee home, they struggle a lot because they don't speak english and might get bullied. When Ha fled her home, she had to learn english, in the text it states “Until you children master English, you must think, do, wish for nothing else.” This means that Ha has still not learned how to speak english., and can not do anything until she learns it. This is almost as same as the universal:refugees because they when they first come to America they don't know english.

Ha’s story is like the refugees in the Til Gurung Speech because those refugees also had hardships that they had to deal with too. “But here in the U.S, my community continues to struggle’, (Til Gurung Speech). Ha’s story is similar to other refugees because the refugees in other stories may also get bullied because they are different. The other refugees also have hard times finding jobs because they don’t have proper education, or have a hard time living in their new place because they don’t know the language. Many refugees are confused

How were incoming Laotian and Vietnamese immigrants, who were arriving in the U.S. due to the Vietnam War, adapting into American society during the 1970s to present day? The first source, “From Refugees to Americans”, is relevant to my question as it provides not only statistics, but also detailed accounts of refugee life from the transition from the Asia to the United States. The source provides statistics on the Vietnamese population during and after immigration, with some accounts of refugees from today. The second source is an interview and provides information about how life was during the Vietnam War, and a first-hand account of immigration life in America during the Vietnam War.

Did you know that the Vietnam War, which lasted for approximately 20 years, is the longest war in the entire U.S history. Ha’s life mirrors the universal refugee experience as their lives are turned “Inside Out” because both ha’s life and refugees had to flee, were under attack and had to adapt to their new surroundings.

When refugees abandoned home for the better, they have to get on a transport vehicle to go to the new country. The challenges are not only mentally but also physicals, the transport vehicle is mostly boat and the boat is not always in the best shape too. When Ha left her home, she had to leave behind the only sense of hope, her papaya tree, her family all left something and took one

According to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, as of June 2016 there are “33,972 people a day forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution” (UNHCR). A lot of these refugees who must resettle also have to try and fit into a new society. How the receiving community welcomes them plays a big part in how well children can adapt (Fantino and Colak). Ha has to deal with her peers bullying her for her differences (Lai 146) and racist acts towards her family (Lai 164). This negative welcome causes Ha to feel very neglected and hated. Refugees like Ha have to handle things like discrimination from peers which makes it difficult to fit into a new environment until they can find confidence and themselves.

Cambodia also known as Kampucheea to the Cambodians (and my family) is a country located in Southeast Asia. The country itself borders Vietnam and Thailand, and similar to all of the countries within Southeast Asia has a rich culture and language unique from its neighbors. From April of 1975 to January of 1979 the communist party of the Khmer Rogue led by the dictator Pol Pot had killed ¼ of the Cambodian population through starvation, labor concentration camps, and even execution (Tang). After the regime of Pol Pot had ended however, what happens to the survivors? What happens to the people in the country that now have to figure out what next? Many Cambodians decided to escape Cambodia

Although the government’s intentions to provide security and protection to the Vietnamese was positive, ultimately, it behaved as a disadvantage. Not only did the refugees have to assimilate into a new culture, but they faced challenges from citizens who held discontent for them. Yet, the refugees still prospered even with the odds against them. Since then, however, a new crisis that appears to be similar has occurred. America yet again has found itself caught between joining a war with Syria or abandoning the war to focus on issues afflicting its citizens. Though the President has already sent attacked Syria, he has yet to announce officially that America waged war against the President of Syria. While Americans argue against going to war

There is a plaque on the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty sits which reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”(Emma Lazarus, New Colossus). Between the years of 1975 to 1994, around 158,000 Cambodian refugees moved to the United States because of instability in the country due to the Khmer Rouge regime (Cambodians in The United States). They came with nothing but clothes on their back from a country that threatened their lives and took the lives of those they loved. They sought freedom and safety in a foreign country 8,746 miles from their homes while facing cultural, economic, and linguistic challenges. They recovered from the trauma of the regime, made lives for themselves and for their families, and have left an impact on the United States and its people. Their stories are of how ordinary people can face extraordinary challenges and still advocate for themselves, live their lives in peace, and demand to be seen as human.