Hong Kong and the Asylum-Seekers from Vietnam

Leonard Davis gives the background to the 15-year-long saga of Hong Kong and the asylum seekers from Vietnam. In the run-up to 1997 there has been increasing tension associated with the presence of 50,000 Vietnamese men, women and children in Hong Kong. The principal themes of the book cover screeni...

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Main Author: Davis, Leonard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 1991, 1991
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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