Refugee crises · TURNING POINT ·
Cap Anamur rescue ship (1979–82)
On the Refugee crises map as “Cap Anamur”
1979–82 — A freighter chartered by a West German citizens’ committee around Rupert Neudeck patrols the South China Sea and picks up about 10,000 boat people. France’s hospital ship Île de Lumière did similar work.
- When
- Type
- Turning point
- Chapter
- 1979 Geneva conference on refugees (chapter 10 of Refugee crises)
- Atlas
- Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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