Austrailian Radio Documentary On Deported Cambodian American Immigrant Children

From ABC (Australia) Radio: “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. 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.”

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