Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Mayu 1975, jim kadan bayan faduwar Saigon
a karshen yakin Vietnam, 'yan gudun hijirar Vietnamese na farko sun isa Malaysia, kuma jirgin farko da ya isa ya dauki' yan gudun hijira 47. Har zuwa 1978, yawancin 'yan Vietnam sun tsere daga kasarsu, kuma da yawa daga cikinsu' yan asalin kasar Sin ne. Bisa ga kididdigar gwamnatin Malaysia, kasar ta karbi 'yan gudun hijira 19,000 a watan Nuwamba 1978, idan aka kwatanta da 500 a 1977. Gwamnatin Malaysia ta amsa ta hanyar jagorantar Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida ta kafa Task Force VII na Tarayya a shekarar 1978, wanda aka ɗorawa alhakin iyakance yawan 'yan gudun hijirar daga saukowa a Malaysia. 'Yan jarida sun ba da rahoton abubuwan da suka faru na' yan sanda da sojojin Malaysia da ke juya 'yan gudun hijirar, amma wasu' yan gudun hijirar sun yi amfani da gangan don nutsewa jiragen ruwa don samun izinin shiga Malaysia. Lokacin da aka sanar da gwamnati game da yunƙurin nutsewar jirgin ruwan da 'yan gudun hijirar suka yi, sai Mataimakin Firayim Minista Mahathir Mohamad ya sanar a watan Yunin 1979 cewa za a gabatar da doka don baiwa' yan sanda da sojan ruwa damar harba 'yan gudun hijirar da ke kokarin sauka. Shugaban Mahathir, Firayim Minista Hussein Onn da sauri ya janye barazanar harbin Mahathir.