The Australian Vietnamese community outside Scots Church for Malcolm Fraser’s funeral. Und

The Australian Vietnamese community outside Scots Church for Malcolm Fraser’s funeral. Under his prime ministership, Fraser took a humane bipartisan approach to Vietnamese refugees fleeing the war. It accepted over 2000 Vietnamese boat refugees, It did not detain refugees in camps or issue Temporary Protection Visas. It increased the formal refugee program so desperate people did not have to make the dangerous journey by boat. Between 1975-81 over 43,500 arrived, with over 95% coming through refugee resettlement programs. (X)