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Article: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY.(Vietnamese refugees)
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- Arena Magazine
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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RELIEF WORKERS IN THE HONG KONG CAMPS
Imagine the refugee in flight: a woman with bundles on her head, a baby tied onto her back and a small child holding her hand; a boy running from his newly shelled house; thousands of people trailing down a muddy road surrounded by armed tanks and prodded on, like cattle, by soldiers; a ramshackle wooden boat struggling through huge oceanic storms. Much has been written about the way in which Western audiences have been bombarded by such images through the media, and the degree to which we have, through sheer overload, become desensitised to such images. At the same time, the reality behind such images enables aid agencies ...