Editing Pierre Trudeau (section)

==== Immigration ====
Following the [[Vietnam War]], a refugee crisis was caused by the flight of the [[Vietnamese boat people|boat people]] from Vietnam, as thousands of people, mostly ethnic Chinese, fled the country in makeshift boats across the [[South China Sea]], usually to the [[British Hong Kong|British colony of Hong Kong]]. The Trudeau government was generous in granting asylum to the refugees.{{sfn|Granatstein|Bothwell|1991|p=218}} By 1980, Canada had accepted about 44,000 boat people, making it one of the top destinations for them.{{sfn|Granatstein|Bothwell|1991|p=219}}