Because I come from boat people the first thing I thought was, it looks like line used in boating. (stowandtellu.com)
We are boat people as well, and dog, and wine at lunch, and coffee on the porch. (homeiswheretheboatis.net)
Tens of thousands of Ugandan Asians were saved from the tyranny of Idi Amin in the 1970s, while in the 1980s we accepted thousands of boat people fleeing Vietnam. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)