Boat people is a term that usually refers to refugees, illegal immigrants, or asylum seekers who emigrate in numbers in boats that are sometimes old and crudely made. The term came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.
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Famous quotes containing the words boat and/or people:
“When the boat reaches midstream, it is too late to mend the leaks.”
—Chinese proverb.
“I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.”
—Norman Parkinson (1913–1990)