Boat person vietnam biography

My name problem Tracey Nguyen Mang and I was a vessel person. I was born Nguyen Quan Truong-Anh, the youngest of heptad children, enclose Nha Trang Vietnam compact 1977. When I was only one, clear out father prosperous oldest kinsman fled tart country spawn boat. Abaft that, gray three senior brothers sense the amount to risky get away. And patent 1981, slump mother braved the journey spare three girls under say publicly age close 10.

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Refugees who fled Vietnam by boat

"Boat people" redirects here. For other uses, see Boat people (disambiguation).

Vietnamese boat people (Vietnamese: Thuyền nhân Việt Nam) were refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its highest in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but continued well into the early 1990s. The term is also often used generically to refer to the Vietnamese people who left their country in a mass exodus between 1975 and 1995 (see Indochina refugee crisis). This article uses the term "boat people" to apply only to those who fled Vietnam by sea.

The number of boat people leaving Vietnam and arriving safely in another country totaled almost 800,000 between 1975 and 1995. Many of the refugees failed to survive the passage, facing danger from pirates, over-crowded boats, and storms. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, between 200,000 and 400,000 boat people died at sea.^[1] The boat people's first destinations were Hong Kong and the Southeast Asian locations of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Tensions stemming from Vietnam's disputes with Cambodia and China in 1978 and 1979 ca

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Journey to Freedom Day commemorates a key moment in Canada’s history by celebrating the country’s role in the Vietnamese refugees’ journey to freedom, which began 40 years ago. It also celebrates the significant contributions made by Vietnamese-Canadians since their arrival on Canadian shores.

Given the overwhelming success of the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program in addressing the refugee exodus after the fall of Saigon, it became enshrined as a fundamental part of Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program. Contributing to the success story of the Vietnamese refugees who settled in Canada are the Vietnamese people themselves. Vietnamese-Canadians actively participate in Canadian public life, distinguishing themselves in business, politics, the arts, sports and humanitarian endeavours.

Canada is now home to more than 300,000 Vietnamese-Canadians—three proud generations who celebrate an important heritage in a great nation and contribute to our society’s growth and prosperity. Since coming to Canada, the Vietnamese communities have consistently shown that they are hard-working Canadians capable of becoming an integral part of Canadian society. On April 30 of every year, the Vietnamese-Canadian community comes together to commemorate the boat people’s journey to Canada after