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Vietnamese boat people

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Vietnamese boat people (Vietnamese: Thuyền nhân Việt Nam) were refugees who fled Vietnam by sea following the 1975 fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War. This migration and humanitarian crisis peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s before continuing into the 1990s. Between 1975 and 1995, almost 800,000 boat people arrived safely in other countries, while many others died at sea due to piracy, overcrowding, and storms. Political repression and re-education camps by the communist Vietnamese government, economic hardship, and conflicts such as the Third Indochina War, contributed to the wider Indochina refugee crisis.

Vietnamese boat people - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Refugees who fled Vietnam by boat This article is about only those who fled Vietnam by sea. For the broader group of refugees from the mass exodus between 1975 and 1995, see Indochina refugee crisis . For other uses, see Boat people (disambiguation) . Vietnamese boat people awaiting rescue (left) and boats of refugees approaching USS Durham (right) . Vietnamese boat people ( Vietnamese : Thuyền nhân Việt Nam ) were refugees who fled Vietnam by sea following the 1975 fall of Saigon , which marked the end of

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