Why I Write: Verses in Exile #1 with Kosal Khiev from Studio Revolt on Vimeo.
Tens of thousands of Cambodians fled the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s and ended up in refugee camps on the Thai border. Some of those families were resettled in the United States and their children were raised as Americans, often with little connection to their homeland.
January 17, 2012
Liam Cochrane
PM - ABC News (Australia)
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Tens of thousands of Cambodians fled the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s and ended up in refugee camps on the Thai border. Some of those families were resettled in the United States and their children were raised as Americans, often with little connection to their homeland, such as Kosal Khiev.
A small number of young Cambodian-Americans find themselves in trouble with the law - drugs and gang violence mostly - and their convictions earn them a one-way ticket to a country many have never known. For many, it's the first time they realise they're not full citizens of America, despite their parents being granted asylum and permanent residency.
More than 200 people have been deported to Cambodia under this scheme since it began in 2003 and an estimated 2,000 more await a similar fate.
January 17, 2012
Liam Cochrane
PM - ABC News (Australia)
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Tens of thousands of Cambodians fled the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s and ended up in refugee camps on the Thai border. Some of those families were resettled in the United States and their children were raised as Americans, often with little connection to their homeland, such as Kosal Khiev.
A small number of young Cambodian-Americans find themselves in trouble with the law - drugs and gang violence mostly - and their convictions earn them a one-way ticket to a country many have never known. For many, it's the first time they realise they're not full citizens of America, despite their parents being granted asylum and permanent residency.
More than 200 people have been deported to Cambodia under this scheme since it began in 2003 and an estimated 2,000 more await a similar fate.
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