FROM SOUTH VIETNAKE 21,717 (377)
NOTE: 15 % OF THOSE FROM THE SOUTH ARRIVED ON SMALL BOATS FROM
THE NORTH.
B. ETHNIC ORIGINS:
CHINESE:
49,094 (84%)
VIETNAMESE:
9,377 (16%)
C. MEANS OF ARRIVAL.
39,981 (68%) ON 491 SMALL BOATS FROM PORTS IN NORTH VIETNAM, 12,156 (17%) ON 110 SMALL BOATS FROM PORTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM. 7,402 (13%) ON THREE ORGANISED OCEAN-GOING VESSELS. 1,004 (28) RESCUED AT SEA BY OCEAN-GOING VESSEL (SIBONGA).
ARRIVALS: 1975 TO 1979:
1975 TO 1978: 11,544
TO JUNE 1979:
58,543
TOTAL:
70,687
RESETTLEMENT/DESTINATIONS OF BOAT REFUGEES 1975 TO 1979:
DESTINATION
1975-78
1979
TOTAL
(*)
U.S.A.
Ucke
CANADA
4,677
2,799
7,476
67
91
1,877
1.168
10.5
386
324
710
6.4
F.R.G.
49
440
489
4.4
AUSTRALIA
218
201
419
3.8
FRANCE
362
33
392
3.5
HONG KONG
106
39
145
1.3
DENMARK
100
17
117
1.2
OTHERS
161
75
236
2.1
TOTAL:
6.159
5,002
11,152.
INDO-CHINESE PEFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS SETTLED IN HONG
KONG SINCE 1975: 14,224.
2. IN ORDER TO CALCULATE HONG KONG'S SHARE OF THE REGIONAL BURDEN, GRATEFUL IF ASEAN POSTS COULD BE ASKED TO TELEGRAPH THEIR BEST ASSESSMENTS OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR JUNC AND CUMULATIVELY FOR 1979 TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBERS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AT 31 DECEMBER 1978 AND 30 JUNE 1979. IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL TO HAVE CUMULATIVE 1979 RESETTLEMENT FIGURES
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