%T Boat arrivals in Australia since 1976: July 2013 update
%A Janet Phillips
%A Harriet Spinks


%I Parliamentary Library (Australia)
%D 2013

%K Right of asylum



%U https://apo.org.au/node/35045

%X This paper provides a brief overview of the historical and political context surrounding boat arrivals in Australia since 1976.
Introduction
The term ‘boat people’ entered the Australian vernacular in the 1970s with the arrival of the first wave of boats carrying people seeking asylum from the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Over half the Vietnamese population was displaced in these years and, while most fled to neighbouring Asian countries, some embarked on the voyage by boat to Australia.
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