n. refugees who flee their country by sea; Indochinese refugees who fled Indochina by sea in small boats following the Vietnam War in 1975; ethnic Chinese people who fled Vietnam in the same manner after the Chinese invaded Vietnam in 1979
BOAT PEOPLE
Meaning of BOAT PEOPLE in English
Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012