4.
Malaysian Red Crescent Society, in cooperation with Federal and State
authorities, to the various locations, notably on the East Coast hut
also in Sabah and Sarawak. Care and maintenance pending resettlement
is also assured by UNHCR in Hong Kong, Indon. ia, Japan, Macau, Philippines, Republic of Korea and Singapore, as well as in other ports of call in Asia and elsewhere that allow "boat cases" to
disembark.
13.
The cost of providing full care and maintenance for the
steadily increasing caseload varies from area to area. Wide
disparities exist depending upon the location, and range from US$ 0.25 per pcrson per day in Thailand to US$ 5 to US$ 7 per person per day in
Hồng Kong.
VI DURABLE SOLUTIONS
14.
Resettlement continues to be promoted by UNHCR as the most
feasible solution for a significant part of the caseload.
15.
The total number of Indochinese refugees resettled in third
countries in 1973 through UNHCR's efforts rose from 30,440 persons
as of 1 January to 104,955 persons as of 31 July 1972, an increase of
24,515 persons.
16.
The principal countries of permanent resettlement were, in order of numbers accepted, United States, France, Australia and Canada, followed by Malaysia, Federal Republic of Germany and Belgium.
(See Annex 4 for breakdown by country of resettlement).
17.
However, despite an increase in the availability of resettle- ment opportunities during 1978, the rate of influx still exceeded the
rate of departures for resettlement in third countrics. (Sec Annexes
1.2 and 3).
18.
As of 31 July 1979, the number of boat cases still awaiting durable solution other than those in Thailand was 17,957 persons.
In Thailand, those in the centres and camps awaiting durable solutions, either through resettlement abroad or through local possibilities, number 114,574 as earlier mentioned.
19.
It is evident, therefore, that the need to find durable
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