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Indonesia About 13,000 refugees.
Philippines About 4,000 refugees.
Present Resettlement Position
5. The latest (31 March) UNHCR figures for numbers of Indo-Chinese
refugees accepted by major resettlement countries (apart from the
UK and Hong Kong) are as follows:-
Australia
16,073
Austria
269
Belgium
412
Canada
3,793
Denmark
134
France
35,500
FRG
2,661
Israel
168
New Zealand
460
Norway
866
Switzerland
743
USA
6.
Other Countries
far
70,098 (apart from 130,000 accepted
from Vietnam in 1975)
2,131
The UK has so/accepted 1,923 Indo-Chinese refugees for resettlement
In addition, it was announced in January that a
in this country.
further quota of 1,500 (1,000 from Hong Kong and 250 each from
Malaysia and Thailand) would be admitted over the next 12 15 months.
The Government's agreement to take the 982 refugees on board the
SS Sibonga is in addition to this comment. Hong Kong has accepted
about 15,000 people from Indo-China for permanent settlement since 1975.
17.