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Definition of boat people in English: boat peopleplural noun Refugees who have left a country by sea, in particular the Vietnamese people who fled in small boats to Hong Kong, Australia, and elsewhere after the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam in 1975. 乘船出逃的难民（尤指1975年越南北方战胜南方后乘小船逃往澳大利亚以及其他地方的越南人） Example sentencesExamples - Around 8,000 boat people have arrived in Australia in the past two years, a small number by international comparisons.
- Then and now, the government's treatment of refugees was a hot issue, and Dolce wrote a protest song about the sufferings of the Vietnamese boat people.
- Like North Sea oil, Vietnamese boat people, German wine and inflation - it was everywhere at the time.
- Look, he wrote, the Afghan boat people fled persecution and would, until the war, have been found to be refugees.
- Neither major player has proposed a real solution to stopping illegal boat people coming to Australia.
- Some of the world's best players grew up as pampered bourgeoisie, others were Vietnamese boat people.
- It was reported recently that a number of violent criminals paid big money to join the Vietnamese boat people to come to Australia.
- The rules will be tougher than under Australian law, but then, most of the boat people ARE refugees.
- Nauru said it could take three months to process the boat people's refugee claims.
- Except for a small community of former boat people, Vietnam has no supportive overseas ethnic connection.
- They are more worried about a probable influx of North Korean boat people.
- This is surprising in view of the experience gained in dealing with the Vietnamese boat people some decades ago.
- When boat people arrive to flee tyranny in other South East Asian countries they are treated as if they are rough criminals.
- She wanted refugee boat people given five year temporary visas instead of permanent residence.
- The events of the last month concerning boat people seeking to enter Australia have been for me among the most distressing for many years.
- He plays the neglected child of an alcoholic mother who fights for better conditions among Hong Kong's boat people.
- It details the life of boat people who escaped from Vietnam, and in this case, reaching America, the supposed land of milk and honey.
- Despite reports the boat people are bound for Australia, the government is not certain of their destination, the minister said.
- Haunted by their experiences as boat people escaping from Vietnam, the family is separated by guilt, shame and anger.
- Meanwhile, the humanitarian thing to do would be for Australia to accept the boat people.
Definition of boat people in US English: boat peopleplural nounˈbōt ˌpēpəlˈboʊt ˌpipəl Refugees who have left a country by sea, in particular the Vietnamese who fled in small boats to Hong Kong, Australia, and elsewhere after the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam in 1975. 乘船出逃的难民（尤指1975年越南北方战胜南方后乘小船逃往澳大利亚以及其他地方的越南人） Example sentencesExamples - This is surprising in view of the experience gained in dealing with the Vietnamese boat people some decades ago.
- She wanted refugee boat people given five year temporary visas instead of permanent residence.
- Look, he wrote, the Afghan boat people fled persecution and would, until the war, have been found to be refugees.
- He plays the neglected child of an alcoholic mother who fights for better conditions among Hong Kong's boat people.
- Despite reports the boat people are bound for Australia, the government is not certain of their destination, the minister said.
- The events of the last month concerning boat people seeking to enter Australia have been for me among the most distressing for many years.
- Some of the world's best players grew up as pampered bourgeoisie, others were Vietnamese boat people.
- It was reported recently that a number of violent criminals paid big money to join the Vietnamese boat people to come to Australia.
- Meanwhile, the humanitarian thing to do would be for Australia to accept the boat people.
- They are more worried about a probable influx of North Korean boat people.
- Like North Sea oil, Vietnamese boat people, German wine and inflation - it was everywhere at the time.
- Nauru said it could take three months to process the boat people's refugee claims.
- When boat people arrive to flee tyranny in other South East Asian countries they are treated as if they are rough criminals.
- It details the life of boat people who escaped from Vietnam, and in this case, reaching America, the supposed land of milk and honey.
- Then and now, the government's treatment of refugees was a hot issue, and Dolce wrote a protest song about the sufferings of the Vietnamese boat people.
- The rules will be tougher than under Australian law, but then, most of the boat people ARE refugees.
- Neither major player has proposed a real solution to stopping illegal boat people coming to Australia.
- Except for a small community of former boat people, Vietnam has no supportive overseas ethnic connection.
- Around 8,000 boat people have arrived in Australia in the past two years, a small number by international comparisons.
- Haunted by their experiences as boat people escaping from Vietnam, the family is separated by guilt, shame and anger.
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