Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists

Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists

During the Indochina war the US recruited fighters from the Hmong people of Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply and troops movements along the Ho Chi Minh trail. While an estimated 170,000 ex-combatant Hmong and their relatives now live in the US , others seeking asylum have bizarrely fallen fou...

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Main Author: Benjamin Zawacki
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: University of Oxford 2007-07-01
Series:Forced Migration Review
Subjects:
forced migration
refugee
asylum
displacement
Laos
Hmong
US
terrorism
Online Access:http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR28/22.pdf
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forced migration
refugee
asylum
displacement
Laos
Hmong
US
terrorism
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title_short Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists
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publisher University of Oxford
series Forced Migration Review
issn 1460-9819
publishDate 2007-07-01
description During the Indochina war the US recruited fighters from the Hmong people of Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply and troops movements along the Ho Chi Minh trail. While an estimated 170,000 ex-combatant Hmong and their relatives now live in the US , others seeking asylum have bizarrely fallen foul of the post-9.11 PATRIOTPATRIOTPATRIOT PATRIOT Act.
topic forced migration
refugee
asylum
displacement
Laos
Hmong
US
terrorism
url http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR28/22.pdf
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