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Gangsters in Paradise - The Deportees of Tonga
- Published_at:2019-02-06
- Category:Entertainment
- Channel:VICE
- tags: documentary documentaries docs interview culture lifestyle world exclusive independent underground videos journalism vice guide vice.com vice vice magazine vice mag vice videos film short films movies tonga deportees deportation crystal meth drugs drug abuse gangsters in paradise gang members criminals crime government ice new zealand australia vice international global tongan samoan immigration fiji jail immigration custom enforcement nationals gangsta
- description: In Gangsters in Paradise - Deportees of Tonga, VICE embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to the tiny island nation where they were born after serving prison time in New Zealand and the United States. Former gang members, they often struggle to reconnect with the culture, the language, and the people. They are haunted by the stigma of their criminal pasts, which casts a pall over their employment prospects and puts a barrier between them and their compatriots. Government support for returnees is non-existent, wages are low, and with Tonga in the midst of a methamphetamine crisis, the temptations to revert to the lives of crime they hoped to leave behind when they left prison are high. WATCH NEXT: The Motel for the Homeless and Ex-Prisoners : The Stay Inn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMlwIiZDRE Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Download VICE on iOS: http://apple.co/28Vgmqz Download VICE on Android: http://bit.ly/28S8Et0
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