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The "'''boat people'''" of [[Vietnam]] were the largest mass departure of asylum seekers by sea in modern history. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam/story/boat.people/</ref> Estimates range from 250,000 to 500,000 refugees who risked their lives to escape Communist oppression, despite a 1 out of 3 death rate on the high seas. <ref>http://www.boatpeople.org/boat_people_the_journey.htm</ref> Although some of the refugees were farmers, most before occupied Vietnam's cities.<ref>  

The "'''boat people'''" of [[Vietnam]] were the largest mass departure of asylum seekers by sea in modern history.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam/story/boat.people/</ref> Estimates range from 250,000 to 500,000 refugees who risked their lives to escape Communist oppression, despite a 1 out of 3 death rate on the high seas.<ref>http://www.boatpeople.org/boat_people_the_journey.htm</ref> Although some of the refugees were farmers, most before occupied Vietnam's cities.<ref>

http://century.guardian.co.uk/1970-1979/Story/0,,106868,00.html</ref>

http://century.guardian.co.uk/1970-1979/Story/0,,106868,00.html</ref>

*[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam/story/boat.people/ Vietnam's boat people: 25 years of fears, hopes and dreams] - Scott McKenzie, CNN Interactive

*[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam/story/boat.people/ Vietnam's boat people: 25 years of fears, hopes and dreams] - Scott McKenzie, CNN Interactive

*[http://www.boatpeople.org/boat_people_the_journey.htm Boat People - The Journey]

*[http://www.boatpeople.org/boat_people_the_journey.htm Boat People - The Journey]

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