Refugee crises · TURNING POINT ·
Pulau Bidong refugee camp (1978–91)
On the Refugee crises map as “Pulau Bidong”
Aug 1978–1991 — An uninhabited island off Terengganu becomes Malaysia’s main boat-people camp. By mid-1979 about 40,000 people were crowded onto a narrow strip of flat land behind the beach. That June, Malaysia announced it would push new boats back out to sea.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Vietnamese boat people (chapter 9 of Refugee crises)
- Atlas
- Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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