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Dropped off in Singapore by the USS Fox, the 82 Vietnamese boat people entered the UN Commission for Refugees, hoping to be accepted, but fearing a quick return to Ho Chi Minh City.
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
These asylum seekers came to be known as Vietnamese boat people, a name that has come to be regarded as pejorative — the sort of dehumanizing language often used in indexing immigrants.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
His parents were among the 2 million Vietnamese boat people who after the war desperately sought to escape Vietnam to neighboring countries.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024
Hello, boat people!
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2021
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
These asylum seekers came to be known as Vietnamese boat people, a name that has come to be regarded as pejorative — the sort of dehumanizing language often used in indexing immigrants.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
His parents were among the 2 million Vietnamese boat people who after the war desperately sought to escape Vietnam to neighboring countries.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024
Hello, boat people!
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2021
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“Boat people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boat%20people. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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