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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
boat people
noun
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▪ A boat has to be purchased, from some one willing to sell it to potential boat people.
▪ An agreement was reached during Maude's visit to increase the rate of voluntary repatriation of boat people from Hong Kong.
▪ Artists record anthem to aid boat people.
▪ December 1989 start of involuntary repatriation of boat people p. 37122.
▪ He said that the deportations could jeopardise international negotiations aimed at finding a long-term solution to the boat people problem.
▪ Last year 6,652 boat people landed in Hong Kong, down from more than 34,000 in 1989.
▪ No reprieve for the boat people.
▪ The Government would seek international co-operation on checking the inflow of boat people at January's Geneva conference meeting.
Wiktionary
boat people

n. 1 refugees fleeing by sea, particularly (cx historical English) those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s. 2 An ethnic group who principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly, the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia. 3 (plural of boat person English)

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Boat people (disambiguation)

The term boat people most often refers to the Vietnamese refugees who fled South Vietnam in 1978 and 1979 during and after its unsuccessful defense against the North in the Vietnam War.

Boat people may also refer to the following:

Boat People (film)

Boat People is a Hong Kong film directed by Ann Hui, first shown in theatres in 1982. The film stars George Lam, Andy Lau, Cora Miao, and Season Ma. At the second Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best New Performer, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. It was also screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, Boat People was ranked 8th in the list of 103 best Chinese-language films in the past 100 years.

Boat People was the last film in Hui's "Vietnam trilogy". It recounts the plight of the Vietnamese people after the communist takeover following the Fall of Saigon ending the Vietnam War.