11) DEPARTURES 1979: TOTAL 4145 or WHICH 539 LAND AND 3107 BOAT. D: 1) DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT 1770
U.S.
FRANCE
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
11) DEPARTURES JUNE 1979
U.S.
FRANCE
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
TOTAL
2594
536
250
374
(OF WHICH BOAT)
2262
372
735
292
TOTAL
(OF WHICH BOAT)
075
711
61
46
54
122
53
102
1
2. UNHCR KEEP NO RECORD OF WHETHER VIETNAMESE COME FRO:: NORTH OR SOUTH. MOST LAND CASES HOWEVER ARE VIETNAMESE LONG TERM RESIDENTS CF LAOS AND BOAT CASES MAY BE ASSUMED TO COME FROM SOUTH VIETNAM. UNHCR ESTIMATE FORTY PERCENT OF BOAT REFUGEES ARE OF CHINESE ETHNIC RIGIN.
3. THERE ARE ADDITIONALLY SOME 257 CAMBODIAN BOAT PEOPLE IN THAILAND.
4. VIETNAMESE ARE OF COURSE ONLY A MINOR PART OF THAILAND'S REFUGEE PROBLEM. AT 30 JUNE THIS YEAR THERE WERE 172,145 REFUGEES IN UNHCR CAMPS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT,' (146,333 LAOTIANS, 16,604 CAMBODIANS, 9,502 VIETNAMESE) OF WHICH ONLY 8,233 WERE OAT CASES. THERE ARE ALSO APPROX 45,70% CAMBODIANS IN THAI CAMPS AND ESTIMATED 107,398 PLUS LAO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LIVING AT LARCE IN THAILANDa
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IMMEDIATE