Meaning of Refugee Regatta | Babel Free

Definitions

An influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people.

Australia, colloquial, offensive, slang

Examples

“1983, Redgum, Caught In The Act, song, on the album Caught in the Act, Get an Esky, fill it full of cans, get your dope, go down to the beach, roll a big spliff about that long sit on the beach at sunset, have a few cans, and watch what they call up in Darwin the Refugee Regatta.”

“We grew up in a household where every Asian was a Gook. Dad served in Vietnam. We went to school with Dagos, boat loads of Slopes arrived in Darwin in the "Refugee Regatta", and when I was in Malaysia the locals were known to us as Bongos, or Rock Apes.”

CEFR level