Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: Terre des Hommes, in response to a request of the American organization, Friends of Children in Vietnam, offers to match sponsoring Ontario families with suitable 16 to 18-year-old Laotian refugees.UNHCR raises the issue of unaccompanied minors (UM) with Canadian government authorities.Terre des Hommes identifies seven young refugees and seven sponsoring families, and Canada Employment and Immigration Commission (CEIC) approves the project for a maximum of 20 young refugees.Thai government draws up a list of 300 refugee "orphans" for adoption in other countries.
Author: Howard Adelman
Language: English
Topic: Migration and Exile Studies
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4248449840