May 18, 2013
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Boat people is a term that usually refers to refugees, illegal immigrants, or asylum seekers who emigrate in numbers in boats that are sometimes old and crudely made. The term came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.
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![Scores killed after refugee boat capsizes off Turkish shore [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-9967000/9967399/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b4f019809428a211b4c79e704f61d065)