boat people
noun/ˈbəʊt piːpl/
/ˈbəʊt piːpl/
[plural]- people who escape from their own country in small boats to try to find safety in another country, especially the Vietnamese people who travelled in small boats to Hong Kong, Australia and other places in the 1970s
- Vietnamese boat people
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