Vietnamese boat people
Refugees who fled Vietnam by boat
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- Vietnamese boat people were refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Vietnamese boat people were refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s before continuing into the 1990s.
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