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UK
Norway
USA
Number of incidents
5
5
12
Approximate
number of refugees
1,700 (since October
1978)
335
855 (since 1 July
1978)
Netherlands
1
66
Italy
1
22
FRG
2
96
France
2
140
4.No information is yet available about any such incidents involving
vessels of other nations, including "flag of convenience" states, or the
countries of South-East Asia itself.
5.
There are believed to be some 30 UK vessels in the South China
Sea at present but it has not been possible to discover what
proportion this represents of total shipping in the area.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
20 June 1979
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