title: The boat people of Vietnam. Rescue on the South China Sea.
abstract: Poor economic conditions in Vietnam have encouraged large numbers of people seeking a better life in the West to join the flow of political refugees leaving the country as "boat people". We report the events surrounding one such group of people who were rescued from the South China Sea by the Outback 88 Task Group.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Dewar
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012036:Refugees; D012767:Ships; D006113:United Kingdom; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology