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(Paperback)
By: Claire Higgins
ISBN: 9781742235677
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: UNSW Press
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In the late 1970s, 2000 Vietnamese arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing persecution. Their arrival presented a challenge to politicians, but the way the Fraser government handled it marked a turning point in Australia's immigration history. Turn-backs and detention were proposed, and rejected. Claire Higgins' important book recounts these extraordinary events.
