Meaning of boat people | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.
   historical, plural, plural-normally
2. An ethnic group that principally lives on fishing and houseboats, particularly the Tanka or Dan people of East Asia.
   plural, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“Indochinese refugees, known throughout the world as the “boat people,” were subject to horrific suffering and dangers when the Vietnamese government began expelling them after the fall of Saigon.”

CEFR level