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Who were the Boat People?
• Boat people were immigrants from Vietnam, who emigrate in numbers in boats.
• They were fleeing Vietnam because of the control it was under after the war.
• They were also Chinese people that lived in Vietnam, that thought the new government was targeting them.
How did they arrive?
• The boat people used many different ways to leave their country.
• Many families got split up because they had to separate to travel.
• They got rescued by the U.S Navy, and other sea passers.
What was the trip like?
• The trip was very scary and frustrating for the boat people.
• During their trip they got robbed, raped, and killed by the pirates.
• Some of their boats broke, halfway through the trip.
• They were finally rescued and brought to safety.
What did they use for boats?
• They were old, and crudely made sometimes, making them unseaworthy and unsafe.
• They made the boats out of anything they could find, such as wood, and tents.
• The boats usually sunk, or got destroyed by the extreme weather, and huge waves.
Why were they leaving Vietnam?
• They were leaving Vietnam during the war.
• They left because they did not like the government they were under.
• A lot of Vietnamese people were getting killed such as children, and females.
• They left on a voyage looking to find a new life, and start over.
What were their expectations?
• They first wanted to be successful of getting away from Vietnam.
• Second they wanted to make it to a new country to find prosperity.
• When they got to a new country they hoped to get new jobs, and be able to have a better life.
What did they do when they arrived?
• Well they didn’t actually arrive how they wanted to.
• Halfway through their trips their boats got destroyed and they had to be rescued by the U.S. Navy.
• They did domestic work to try to start a new life.
How were they rescued?
• They were mostly rescued by the U.S. Navy.
• They were also rescued by other sailors, such as fishermen that passed by them.
• When the U.S. Navy rescued the boat people they usually rescued with submarine boats.
Where are they now?
• At first they had to go back to Vietnam because other countries could not afford them.
• About 2,500 of them were granted the right of adobe by the Hong Kong government in 2002.
• In 2005, the remaining refugees in the Philippines were granted asylum in Canada, Norway, an the United States.