RR7850A THE VIETNAM BOAT PEOPLE

(11 Dec 1978) RR7850A THE VIETNAM BOAT PEOPLE

Malaysia has been flooded in recent months with tens
of thousands of Vietnam refugees from across the
South China Sea - the Boat People. Temporary
camps have been set up, but they're now overflowing.
There have been incidents of boats being pushed out
to sea again by angry local people, causing the death
of hundreds of people. World attention was captured
when a freighter, the Hai Hong, arrived off Malaysia
with 2,500 refugees aboard. The authorities wanted to
send it out to sea again, but relented after several
western countries agreed to accept the Hai Hong
passengers. The general situation of Indo Chinese
refugees, numbering hundreds of thousands, is
expected to get worse, and steps are being taken to
co-ordinate international action.

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