Each day hundreds of people are being put to sea or forced to march on foot in search of a new home. Half of these people will perish before finally reaching asylum. Many of those who leave by sea will find that. even should they safely reach other lands. local authorities overwhelmed by the flood of refugees may tow them back out to sea. Many of those who leave by land will be forced to turn back across the borders they have crossed to face an uncertain future. We cannot stand idly by while the tragedy continues: We have a humanitarian commitment to take a leading role in assisting these refugees in every possible way. The Vietnamese policy of wholesale eviction of its ethnic Chinese population has significantly led to the current widespread exodus. Twothirds of the boat people. by mid1978. were ethnic Chinese.
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