More Vietnamese attempted small-boat Channel crossings in the first half of 2024 than any other nationality. Yet they are coming from one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Why, then ...

In small villages along coastal Vietnam, basket boats were born out of financial necessity but have come to represent independence. In the early morning hours, fishermen begin their day by helping ...

The number of Vietnamese migrants arriving to the UK on small boats has jumped by 177 per cent year-on-year, according to new data on Channel crossings. Home Office figures published on Thursday ...

(AFP/K. GAUGLER)A picture taken in the late 1970s shows a group refugees (162 persons) arrived on a small boat which sank a few meters from the shore in Malaysia. Vietnamese refugee women carry ...

The most recent data, which covers the year up to September 2024, shows that the nationalities most represented among small boat arrivals are Afghan, Iranian, Syrian and Vietnamese. Though none of ...