For this literary journalism piece, I will be writing on the experiences of the boat people. I mentioned in class last week that I would put my focus on anti-war protesters during the Vietnam War, but I don’t have sufficient evidence, sources, or someone to interview on the subject. As of right now, in mind I have a couple of friends whose parents were immigrants by boat during that time in Vietnam. One friend’s parents married young and both traveled here by boat with other refugees. She’s also informed me that her uncle was drafted in the war, but he avoided it by slicing his thumb to be considered disabled. However, she doesn’t talk to this uncle much, and her parents’ schedules are difficult to find free time in.
Another friend’s dad was also a boat refugee. He was actually a refugee in Hong Kong for about three years …show more content…
While many countries like the U.S., Australia, and Canada accepted a wave of immigrants from 1975 to 1979, massive resettlement was scaled down around 1981, leaving thousands of refugees in camps hoping for the chance of resettlement (Source 1). In 1989, there were successful efforts in even reversing the tide of immigrants from Southeast Asia, flying immigrants back to their country of origin (Source 2). At a June 1989 United Nations Conference, British representatives expressed their desire to forcibly send Vietnamese immigrants back to Vietnam, as the influx of refugees from Hong Kong had become “intolerable” (Source 3). However, many Americans as well as the Bush Administration opposed “the forced repatriation of boat people”(Source 4). I will take this context into mind while conducting my interview.
As for questions I would like to ask, here is a list of the ones I’ve come up with so far:
Where/when were you born?
Where do you consider
Another friend’s dad was also a boat refugee. He was actually a refugee in Hong Kong for about three years …show more content…
While many countries like the U.S., Australia, and Canada accepted a wave of immigrants from 1975 to 1979, massive resettlement was scaled down around 1981, leaving thousands of refugees in camps hoping for the chance of resettlement (Source 1). In 1989, there were successful efforts in even reversing the tide of immigrants from Southeast Asia, flying immigrants back to their country of origin (Source 2). At a June 1989 United Nations Conference, British representatives expressed their desire to forcibly send Vietnamese immigrants back to Vietnam, as the influx of refugees from Hong Kong had become “intolerable” (Source 3). However, many Americans as well as the Bush Administration opposed “the forced repatriation of boat people”(Source 4). I will take this context into mind while conducting my interview.
As for questions I would like to ask, here is a list of the ones I’ve come up with so far:
Where/when were you born?
Where do you consider