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5. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: THE SITUATION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
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1. The number of Indo-Chinese refugees awaiting resettlement in
the countries of South East Asia is as follows:
Thailand
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
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Philippines
Singapore
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Japan
Macao
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1 June 1979
200,000 (the majority Laotians)
75,000
60,000
47,000 to UNHCE)
(includes 4,000 not known
2,500* (plus 1,542 on Tung An
waiting to land)
500
400
1,800
2.
Refugees may be leaving Vietnam at the rate of about 3,000 a day.
Of these over half perish at
sea.
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