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- Title
The Identity of Displaced Christian Karen in the Context of Resettlement Threat or Opportunity?
- Authors
Worland, Shirley; Darlington, Yvonne
- Abstract
More than 200,000 displaced Karen from Burma have been "warehoused" in displaced persons' camps on the Thai-Burma border for more than 20 years. Recently, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNH CR) has embarked on the durable solution of resettlement to third countries for these people. In this paper, the experiences and perceptions of resettlement of Christian Karen are explored through the findings from two focus groups with recently arrived refugees, augmented by contextual discussions with Christian Karen community leaders in Australia. Focus group participants displayed a strong and overt sense of identity, both as individual Karen and as part of the Christian Karen community, locally and trans-nationally, indicating that Christian Karen identity remains intact during displacement and strongly influences the resettlement experience for this group.
- Subjects
MYANMAR; AUSTRALIA; KAREN (Southeast Asian people); LAND settlement; POLITICAL refugees -- Social conditions; REFUGEES -- Housing; OFFICE of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work & Development (Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore), 2010, Vol 20, Issue 1, p16
- ISSN
0218-5385
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/21650993.2010.9756072