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In 1999 there were four Vietnamese Catholic churches and five other churches with large numbers of Vietnamese people. [53] On August 8, 2008, a bus with Vietnamese Catholics from the Houston area, traveling to Missouri to a festival to honor to the Virgin Mary, crashed near Sherman in North Texas. 17 people died. [54]
The Sanctuary movement was a religious and political campaign in the United States that began in the early 1980s to provide safe haven for Central American refugees fleeing civil conflict. The movement was a response to federal immigration policies that made obtaining asylum difficult for Central Americans.
A specified number of legally defined refugees who are granted refugee status outside the United States are annually admitted under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 for firm resettlement. [1] [2] Other people enter the United States with or without inspection, and apply for asylum under section 1158. [3] Asylum in the United States has two specific requirements.
First edition (publ. Abrams Books) The Best We Could Do is a 2017 illustrated memoir written by Thi Bui. It chronicles Thi Bui's parents' life before and during the Vietnam War, their escape from Vietnam when Bui was a child, and their eventual migration to the United States as refugees. The novel was published on March 7, 2017.
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Which Way Home is a 2009 documentary film directed by Rebecca Cammisa.The film follows several children who are attempting to get from Mexico and Central America to the United States, on top of a freight train that crosses Mexico known as "La Bestia" (The Beast).
My Name is Loh Kiwan dramatizes the experiences of refugees escaping oppressive regimes.
Refugees integrate more slowly into host countries' labor markets than labor migrants, in part due to the loss and depreciation of human capital and credentials during the asylum procedure. [155] Refugees tend to do worse in economic terms than natives, even when they have the same skills and language proficiencies of natives.