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A refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people was set up on this island by Malaysian government and UNHCR. It was officially opened on August 8th, 1978 and closed on Oct. 30th, 1991. By the time it was closed, about 250,000 refugees went through this camp.
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The Vietnamese Heritage Museum (VHM) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of our Vietnamese refugees’ heritage. VHM collects and shares the testimonies and artifacts that tell the stories of the Vietnamese refugees.
Bidong Camp stories. Boat numbers. Voices of refugees. Photos. Bibliography. Refugee finder. Although this tiny island only had the capacity to accommodate for 4,500 refugees, however during some very ‘peak’ seasons, it once sheltered almost 40,000 people.
Bidong Island is accessible from the coastal town of Merang. In May 1975, the first boat with 47 refugees arrived in Malaysia from Vietnam. They were called “boat people.”
Stayed in Marang Transit Camp for over 2 days awaiting for bad weather to subside before being transferred to Pulau Bidong by the "Blue Dart" boat. Arrived at the "Cầu Jetty" at 1:30pm on June 20, 1983. First day to be a refugee (ID under boat number PB942) was in a heavy down-pouring due to the Monsoon. Stayed in Zone C until April 30, 1984 ...
Pulau Bidong was eventually shut down as a refugee camp in October 1991, and the remaining refugees were moved to the Sungai Besi Refugee Center in Kuala Lumpur, where they were either eventually resettled or repatriated back to Vietnam.
