Isle of Light.

The article discusses the Vietnamese boat people who sought asylum from putative repression in Vietnam during the late 1970s, with a particular focus on the Paris, France Left wing's perspective of them. An overview of French leftists' attitudes toward the social conditions in Vietnam following the Vietnam War, including in relation to the Vietnamese government's policies of alleged repression and forced labor camps, is provided. The role that communism played in the lives of Vietnamese political refugees, including in regard to the persecution by the Vietnamese communist government, is discussed.