Boat people is a name often applied to refugees who travel to a new country on boats, in particular the Vietnamese boat people.

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The Children of Boat People: A Study of Educational Success
Children of the boat people : a study of educational success
Strangers at the Gate:The 'Boat People's' First Ten Years in Canada
The Boat People and Achievement in America by Nathan Caplan; John K. Whitmore; Marcella H. Choy
The Boat People and achievement in America: A study of family life, hard work, and cultural values.
“Asylum seekers”, “boat people” and “illegal immigrants”: Social categorisation in the media
Opinion Discourse and Canadian Newspapers: The Case of the Chinese "Boat People"
“Asylum seekers”, “boat people” and “illegal immigrants”: Social categorisation in the media*
Beiser M. Strangers at the Gate: The “Boat People’s” First Ten Years in Canada, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1999
‘Any one of these boat people could be a terrorist for all we know!’ Media representations and public perceptions of ‘boat people...