Boat People
Section 1 of 83
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Vietnam
Population Relocation
Massive relocation of the population, blandly called the "state redistribution of
labor" program, began after reunification in 1976 and has been an integral
part of the security effort. At least 5 million people have been uprooted in this
process, known as "breaking the machine." While partly economic in its
motivation, the relocation's main purpose has been to break up the existing
social structure. In assigning individuals to new economic zones, for instance,
care has been taken to scatter those from a single urban area or village to
separate locations. The formation of new associations by these people was
then supervised by the VCP, which used various mass movements and
proletarian social organizations--augmented by communication and
education programs intended to raise class consciousness--to help foster
class struggle and to turn the middle and upper classes into social pariahs.
This social ostracism was one of the reasons that many middle-class
Vietnamese left the South after 1975 as "boat people" (see Glossary).
Data as of December 1987
boat people
Refugees who fled Vietnam by sea after 1975. Many fell victim to pirate
attacks in the Gulf of Thailand, drowned, or endured starvation and
dehydration as a result of their escape in ill- equipped and undersized
vessels. Those who reached safety in neighboring Southeast Asian countries
were accorded temporary asylum in refugee camps while awaiting permanent
resettlement in industrialized Western nations willing to accept them.
After the mid-1970s, the North and South faced the task of social
reconstruction. For the South, the communist conquest and ensuing relocation
and collectivization policies created an uncertain social milieu. While the
return of peace reunited families, communist policies forced fathers or sons
into reeducation camps or entire families into new economic zones for
resettlement. For those who saw no future in a socialist Vietnam, the only
alternatives were to escape by boat or escape by land.
loc.org
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Vietnam
Population Relocation
Massive relocation of the population, blandly called the "state redistribution of
labor" program, began after reunification in 1976 and has been an integral
part of the security effort. At least 5 million people have been uprooted in this
process, known as "breaking the machine." While partly economic in its
motivation, the relocation's main purpose has been to break up the existing
social structure. In assigning individuals to new economic zones, for instance,
care has been taken to scatter those from a single urban area or village to
separate locations. The formation of new associations by these people was
then supervised by the VCP, which used various mass movements and
proletarian social organizations--augmented by communication and
education programs intended to raise class consciousness--to help foster
class struggle and to turn the middle and upper classes into social pariahs.
This social ostracism was one of the reasons that many middle-class
Vietnamese left the South after 1975 as "boat people" (see Glossary).
Data as of December 1987
boat people
Refugees who fled Vietnam by sea after 1975. Many fell victim to pirate
attacks in the Gulf of Thailand, drowned, or endured starvation and
dehydration as a result of their escape in ill- equipped and undersized
vessels. Those who reached safety in neighboring Southeast Asian countries
were accorded temporary asylum in refugee camps while awaiting permanent
resettlement in industrialized Western nations willing to accept them.
After the mid-1970s, the North and South faced the task of social
reconstruction. For the South, the communist conquest and ensuing relocation
and collectivization policies created an uncertain social milieu. While the
return of peace reunited families, communist policies forced fathers or sons
into reeducation camps or entire families into new economic zones for
resettlement. For those who saw no future in a socialist Vietnam, the only
alternatives were to escape by boat or escape by land.
loc.org
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Nguyệt Ánh
- Boat People
- June 24 1979 Vietnamese Boat People - The Price
of Freedom - Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 1, Bolinao52.
- Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 2, Bolinao52.
- Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 3, Bolinao52.
- Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 4, Bolinao52.
- Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 5, Bolinao52.
- Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 6, Bolinao52.
- Vuot Bien Kinh Hoang 7, Bolinao52.