boat people

Most of these boat people came in the period from 1978 to 1985.

"But I know in my heart that we can help free the boat people."

In the last two weeks more than 10,000 boat people have taken to the sea.

Many of the boat people are peasants, especially young men.

The social workers told the boat people about their citizen's rights.

Vietnam has agreed to take back 3,600 boat people each month.

Some say it is because no boat people have been returned home against their will since December 1989.

Many of the boat people decided to wait for the court decision, hoping the Do case would bring them another chance.

The boat people seem certain to face punishment once they are returned to China.

Hey, now, they must have boat people that fish in the sea!

The boat people will be given an opportunity to rest and receive medical attention before their interviews.

In 1991, there was another wave of Haitian boat people.

And late in life, he called for Vietnamese boat people to be given refuge here.

The rest of the boat people, they say, are illegal immigrants who must be forced to return home.

How many of the boat people have been granted refugee status?

But never before have large numbers of boat people come to Japanese shores directly.

The second wave consisted of "boat people" who came from 1978 to 1982.

"Congress must intervene to provide recourse to the boat people."

The plight of the boat people became an international humanitarian crisis.

The number of "boat people" trying to leave Vietnam causes international concern.

As most of the boat people work on land, it was difficult for parents to take care of their children.

Michael, 50, was one of the boat people who fled Communist rule in 1978.

Dave's first thought is that one of the other boat people may have pulled the trigger.

But officials estimate barely 10 percent of the boat people will meet those criteria.

However, the number of boat people fleeing Vietnam was relatively small until 1978.