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Cap Anamur rescue ship (1979–82)

On the Refugee crises map as “Cap Anamur”

1979–82 — A West German citizens’ committee around Rupert Neudeck chartered the freighter Cap Anamur to patrol the South China Sea. It picked up about 10,000 boat people. France’s hospital ship Île de Lumière carried out similar rescue work.

When
Type
Turning point
Chapter
1979 Geneva conference on refugees (chapter 10 of Refugee crises)
Atlas
Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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Map showing Cap Anamur rescue ship (1979–82), turning point in Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
TURNING POINT · UPROOTED: REFUGEES IN EUROPE 1945–1960 AND INDOCHINA 1975–1990

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