ABSTRACT
Since World War Two, resettlement has been the least-used solution to refugee crises, and the transfer of 1.5 million Indochinese to western, industrial countries is particularly unique. Of these countries, the United States and France share an extensive, historical presence in Indochina. Where the internationalization of state security produces refugees, the internationalization of the division of labor produces immigrants. Since the 1930s, refuge has become a scarce right closely guarded by states even when refugees face genocide. Refugees offer a particularly useful case for studying the convergence of state control over migration and social welfare. State assistance to Indochinese refugees is pervasive in resettlement countries throughout the world, although there are important differences among the resettlement systems. The demographic similarities between the migrations mean that the different modes of state incorporation can be attributed to factors other than the refugees themselves. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
