REFUGEE ADAPTATION AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE - THE INDO-CHINESE IN QUEBEC-CITY, CANADA

This article shows how, despite differences in their economic integration, the Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians now living in the Quebec City area (Canada) have established, over the last 10-15 yr, three distinct ethnic communities. It also explains how the specific structure of each community is either linked to the presence, among refugees, of relatively well-educated and economically successful individuals or to the activation of core cultural values, such as religion and sustained interpersonal relations. A limited comparison with other Indochinese communities puts into light some particulars and commonalities of the Quebec case. -Author