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boat people

refugees fleeing by boat
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Summary

boat people ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • boat people is a type of refugee[2].
  • boat people's Commons category is recorded as Boat people[3].
  • boat people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boat people[4].
  • boat people's different from is recorded as water people[5].

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Definition and Type

boat people is a type of refugee[2].

Why It Matters

boat people ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[1] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → water people
    Topic's main category → Category:Boat people
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007549818705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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