Naturalization of the Refugee Sudanese Lost Boys in the Greater Kansas

This study is about the resettlement of Sudanese minors known as the Lost Boys of Sudan in the United States by the U.S government in 2000. They had been initially rescued by international agencies from the Sudanese authorities who were pursing them. My motivation to study the Lost Boys grew out of my experience with refugees dating back to 1998-2000. I had an opportunity to work as an intern with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) as an intern at Dadaab Axis refugee camps that refer to a group of three camps -Ifo, Dagahaley, and Hagadera ( a remote eastern region of Kenya near the Somali border). Though the camps hosted mainly Somali refugees, there were refugees from other countries in the camp among-est them the Sudanese Lost Boys. I came to the United States in 2003 to advance my education and wanted to learn what had become of the Lost Boys in the United States since their resettlement in 2000.

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Dr. Danvas Mabeya hat 2011 an der Kansas State University in Soziologie promoviert. Er unterrichtet Soziologie und Anthropologie im Grundstudium am Southeast Community College (SCC). Außerdem ist er Gutachter für mehrere Fachzeitschriften und ehrenamtlicher stellvertretender Vorsitzender des Midwestern African Museum of Art in Lincoln Nebraska (USA).