Boat people are the Vietnamese who fled South Vietnam. Look up boat people or boat person in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boat people may also refer to: People Boat people (Hong Kong) or Tanka people Boat people, Rohingya people fleeing Burma by sea during the 2015 refugee crisis Người Tàu, an alternative name for Hoa people Balseros, the name given to boat people who fled Cuba in self-constructed or precarious vessels. Haitian boat people, refugees who ride boats from Haiti to the United States or the Bahamas. Other uses Boat People (1982 film), a Hong Kong film about Vietnamese refugees in the territory Boat People (2023 film), a Canadian animated short film The Boat People (band), an indie pop band from Australia See also Fisherman Sailor Sea Gypsies (disambiguation), various ethnicities who live largely or principally on boats This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boat people.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.