Communists were famous for purging their people; Stalin & Mao killed millions (according to scholars). With that in mind, when the South fell, the South Vietnamese people believed that they too, would be purged by their new conquerors (the communists).
Historians estimate approximately one million Vietnamese refugees left Vietnam.
Generally speaking, refugees fled Vietnam by boat. However, a number of them left by land borders or using aircraft.
most refugees come from Vietnam and Asia
Name: Teenage Refugees From Vietnam Speak Out Author: Kenneth Wapner Is a excellent book with stories from Vietnamese refugees.
The mass exodus of refugees occurred in the 1970's and early 80's.
1980
Shih-fu Lo has written: 'The reason of exodus of refugees from Vietnam and its Consequences' -- subject(s): Refugees, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Life is not easy for anyone that is a refugee- including people that fled Vietnam during the invasion of South Vietnam by the Communists. They left behind everything they had, with only what they could carry. They were going to another land where they did not know the people or the language. Pretty scary, huh?
3,000,000 were left as refugees
100,000,000,000 a day
Finding reliable transportation.
Most Vietnamese are not refugees and most refugees are not Vietnamese. Those Vietnamese that became refugees in the 1940s-1980s fled the violence of the Indochina Wars, which destroyed Vietnam and made life difficult for many Vietnamese.