Breaking Blocked Transnationalism: Intergenerational Change in Homeland Ties

Migrant-homeland ties are the subject of much contemporary interest from scholars focusing on post 1965 immigration from Latin America and Asia. The profile of Vietnamese emigration is different from that of other Asian countries because the vast majority of overseas Vietnamese fled the country as refugees. The transnational practices of political refugees have been under-theorized; home country networks are likely to be different for forced versus voluntary migrants. Unlike most immigrants, refugees are generally barred from returning to their home countries, and hence their capacity to engage in transnational activities is more restricted.