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5. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: THE SITUATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
1.
The number of Indo-Chinese refugees awaiting resettlement in
the countries of South-East Asia is as follows:
2.
a day.
Thailand
200,000 (mainly Laotians and Cambodians)
Malaysia
75,000
Indonesia
31,200
Hong Kong
58,000
Philippines
1,600*
Singapore
300*
Japan
400*
Macao
* 1 May 1979
1,800*
Refugees may be leaving Vietnam at the rate of about 3,000
Of these over half perish at sea.
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