Refugee crises · TURNING POINT ·
Hai Hong refugee ship (1978)
On the Refugee crises map as “The Hai Hong”
Nov 1978 — A rusting freighter carrying about 2,500 refugees, who had paid their way in gold, anchors off Port Klang; Malaysia refuses to let them land. After weeks at anchor Canada, West Germany, the United States and others take them in, and the crisis becomes front-page news.
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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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