Exile and Return Among the East Timorese
East Timor, the world''s newest nation, finally gained its independence in 2002, following half a millennium of Portuguese rule and 24 years of Indonesian occupation. That occupation produced a refugee diaspora spread between Portugal and Australia that has been integral in advancing East Timor''s cause abroad. Because East Timorese in the diaspora identified strongly as exiles and invested so muc...
East Timor, the world''s newest nation, finally gained its independence in 2002, following half a millennium of Portuguese rule and 24 years of Indonesian occupation. That occupation produced a refugee diaspora spread between Portugal and Australia that has been integral in advancing East Timor''s cause abroad. Because East Timorese in the diaspora identified strongly as exiles and invested so muc...
