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Shortly after his election as Pope, his first visit outside of Rome was to the marooned African boat people washed ashore on the small Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Thomas Wenski, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
And so, the boat people exodus continued, filling makeshift refugee camps in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.
—Lauren Vuong, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Thomas Wenski, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
And so, the boat people exodus continued, filling makeshift refugee camps in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.
—Lauren Vuong, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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“Boat people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boat%20people. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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