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    UK public ‘not as welcoming’ to us today, says post-war Vietnamese migrant

    by Sarah Ping May 05, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Yen Hoang Lam

    A Vietnamese migrant who fled her home country just after the Vietnam War before reaching the UK has said the public is “not as welcoming” to migrants today.

    Yen Hoang Lam, 52, a GP from Wallington, near Croydon, left Vietnam in the late 1970s by boat aged five with her mother, father and younger twin brothers.

    Ms Lam, who spent five years in before moving to England, told the PA news agency: “ of us

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