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Bookmark or Share- Migration of the “Boat People” - National Geographic Society1978, more than 500,000 Vietnamese tried to leave their country in small, unseaworthy boats. Some boats were so small they carried a single family. Others held hundreds of refugees. These Vietnamese migrants were named “boat people” because of their method of escape.
- Vietnamese boat people - WikipediaVietnamese boat people (Vietnamese: Thuyền nhân Việt Nam) were refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its highest in the late 70s and early 80s, but continued well into the early 1990s.
- Vietnamese boat people: living to tell the taleVietnamese boat people: living to tell the tale. None of these people would be alive if, in October 1978, a Scottish cargo ship hadn’t stopped in the South China Sea to rescue 346 refugees from...
- Boat people | Vietnamese, Cambodian & Laotian | BritannicaBoat people, refugees fleeing by boat. The term originally referred to the thousands of Vietnamese who fled their country by sea following the collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975. Crowded into small vessels, they were prey to pirates, and many suffered dehydration, starvation, and.
- ‘Boat People’: A Tale of Two Seas — Refugee History.01:08. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. We use cookies to provide you with a great experience and to help our website run effectively. Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, Vietnamese refugees boarded small boats to cross the South China Sea in search of refuge. Their plight garnered outrage and sympathy in the West.
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