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The Assimilation Of Indochinese Refugees: Social Service Issues, Mark W. Lusk
The Assimilation Of Indochinese Refugees: Social Service Issues, Mark W. Lusk
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper summarizes the recent history of the Indochinese refugee experience in the United States and factors inhibiting their assimilation. Social service practice and policy issues which have arisen during their settlement are discussed.
America's experience during the past decade with the "boat people" and other refugees from Indochina has reignited longstanding controversies regarding immigration. The exodus of the Indochinese has stimulated national interest in the growing world refugee problem and has revived the discussion regarding this country's historic role as a haven for the dispossessed. Social welfare institutions have been challenged to respond to the practice and policy issues …